Here are NYT Mini Crossword Today Answers and Clues for Wednesday, January 29.

This is the shorter or baby version of the NYT Crossword. The goal is to fill the answers in a 5×5 grid based on the given Clues. The clues are in both the Across and Down columns. Here, you will learn the solution to today’s game.

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How to Play 

To play the game, players need to fill the white square tiles with letters or phrases that can overlap or cross another word. Players use the clues Across and Down columns which bring on the answers. Know how you will confirm that you have completed the puzzle.

 

  • After completing the puzzle you get a message for congratulations on your well-deserved success. The message says “Congratulations! You solved the Mini” with the time taken to solve the puzzle below it. The message pops up with a piece of composition. 
  • If the message does not pop up, when you complete the puzzle it means you have filled in some wrong word or phrase in the puzzle. Now, you need to examine your answers and refill the answers. 

Why should you subscribe to NYTimes Games?

NYT Games Subscription gives you access to the full archive of past puzzles. You can play previous puzzles whichever you have missed or left unfinished. These puzzles can be like Connections, Crossword, Wordle, Spelling, Letter Boxed, etc.

 

Steps to follow on the Website

On your desktop or website, you can follow the instructions to solve the puzzle you missed: 

  1. Navigate to the New York Times website.
  2. Find the Archive or Crossword Archive at the bottom of the homepage or click on the pop-up page after completing the puzzle.
  3. Hit the game
  4. Select the date of the interesting puzzle.
  5. Select again and begin to play an old puzzle.

 

Steps to follow on the Games App

Here are the instructions for the old puzzle or the puzzle you missed and want to play in the Games app.

  1. Go to the homepage in the NYT Games app and find Archive at the bottom. 
  2. Select either The game.
  3. Select the date for the game you want to play or you missed.
  4. Select your interesting puzzle. It will take a while to download the puzzle.
  5. Begin to play the puzzle by selecting it again.

 

Shortcut Keys

Some shortcut keys are on the keyboard while playing the game. These shortcut keys can help save you time.

1. Spacebar

  • You can advance, toggle, or clear the current square tile between the Across or Down columns. 

2. Arrow Keys

  • Arrow keys can help change the direction of any white square tile in a square grid. You can jump into other cells in the same direction as arrows on the keyboard.

3. Backspace (Delete on Macs)

  • You can remove any letter of the word or a complete word from right to left.        

4. Shift +Tab Key

  • With the help of these keys, you can jump back to the previous key or last clue.

5. Tab Key

  • With the help of Tab Key, you can jump to the next or another clue. 

6. Escape

  • This shortcut key helps enter Rebus mode.

NYT Mini Crossword Solved

When to Play

If you are a great fan, you must know the timing to solve the puzzle. Some puzzlers might be confused about the timing of releasing a new puzzle but here we are disclosing this fact in front of our puzzlers.

A new puzzle comes out each day with a new puzzle for its player. On weekdays and Saturdays, it changes to 10 p.m., on Sundays, it changes to 6 p.m.

 

Clues and Answers for January 29

Here, get the answers for the Wednesday puzzle. You no longer need to wait for today’s answers for January 29 to the game based on clues. 

 

Across clues and answers

1A clue: Type of bulb in many Christmas lights, for short

Answer: LED

 

4A clue: Diminish, as confidence

Answer: ERODE

 

6A clue: With 7-Across, sawing a person in half, e.g.

Answer: MAGIC

 

7A clue: See 6-Across

Answer: TRICK

 

8A clue: Breakaway religious groups

Answer: SECTS

Down clues and answers

 

1D clue: Sudoku solver’s asset

 Answer: LOGIC

 

2D clue: Official decree

 Answer: EDICT

 

3D clue: Illusionists might cut them in half

 Answer: DECKS

 

4D clue: CPR pros

 Answer: EMTS

 

5D clue: Like finding a four-leaf clover

 Answer: RARE

What to Play after this NYTimes game?

Did you enjoy the game? If you are a fan of NYT puzzles and want to explore your mental ability or vocabulary then play the NYT Wordle which is the most popular NYT Game. After Wordle, you can play Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, Tiles, LetterBoxed, and Sudoku. 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Where is the NYT Mini Crossword?

The game is available on the official website of The New York Times, in the Play tab in the New York Times News app, or the NYT Games app.

 

  • How hard is the NYT Mini Crossword?

On Friday and Saturday, the game is the hardest one. These days, it is themeless “wide open” with fewer black and longer word spaces in the puzzle.

 

  • What day is the NYT Mini Crossword easiest?

The game is the easiest on Monday and the hardest puzzles on Saturday. After all, it takes only a couple of minutes to solve it. The average time to solve this NYTimes game is 1m and 25 seconds.

 

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