Took a lot of trial and error, but I managed to complete it. Looked up certain clues and used the "Check Puzzle" button a few times.
::: spoiler spoiler: answers discussion
Got SHORTENING, but took a while to get the rest of the themes clues. Felt like a genius when I figured it out.
Lower left corner was a slog. The clues I had to look up: 26D "First woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" and 59A "Part of the Hollywood monogram J.E.J.". Thought it was some kind of trio. 49D "Grub, e.g." was a confusing one as well.
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lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Took a lot of trial and error, but I managed to complete it. Looked up certain clues and used the "Check Puzzle" button a few times.
::: spoiler spoiler: answers discussion
Got SHORTENING, but took a while to get the rest of the themes clues. Felt like a genius when I figured it out.
Lower left corner was a slog. The clues I had to look up: 26D "First woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" and 59A "Part of the Hollywood monogram J.E.J.". Thought it was some kind of trio. 49D "Grub, e.g." was a confusing one as well. :::
Grumpycat8@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Yeah, I'm really not seeing the connection between the theme clues and the answers
fodderoh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Look at the first letters of the words in the clues and the first three letters of the answers.
Cup Of Noodles = CONcourse
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
And the word after the first three letters is food related.
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Mini crossword link (free to play, account not mandatory): https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/mini
Share your time!
WontonSoup@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Solved in 1:29. Haven’t done a crossword in years but this was fun. The mini is a good size for me
What was your time
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
1:10!
The Mini is fun to do. There's also PlusWord from The Telegraph which combines a mini crossword with Wordle.
Grumpycat8@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Mini: 1:27
Wordle in 3, lucky guess
PristinePineapple@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
1:39, some weird clues for us non-americans 😅
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yeah that can happen. Just gotta power through it.