Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Tuesday, December 31st

In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, December 30thBy Erik Kain

At long last, the final day of 2024 is upon us. The final Mini Crossword is here for us to solve. We’ll have another 365 to bang out next year. If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to play more games (and it should be!) consider adding Wordle, Strands or Connections to your list. There’s also a brand new game the New York Times is testing out called Zorse that’s pretty fun. You can read more about that right here. Now, let’s knock out the last Mini of the year!

The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it’s free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you’ll need the app to tackle the archive.

Answers to today’s Mini Crossword below . . . .

Spoilers ahead!

ACROSS

1 — Dashboard device for filming, casually — CAM

4 — Dashboard device for rocking out — RADIO

6 — Cozy slippers brand with a nut in its logo — ACORN

7 — “___ … two …” — THREE

8 — Finale — END

DOWN

1 — Computer memory storage — CACHE

2 — Bedeck — ADORN

3 — Stuck in deep mud — MIRED

4 — Chinese zodiac animal — RAT

5 — “… ___ … happy new year!” — ONE

This was a bit trickier than yesterday’s Mini, but that’s mostly because I know nothing about slippers! This was also, fittingly, a bit of a ‘themed’ Mini Crossword, with a Happy New Year’s countdown baked in. I had almost entirely filled in the DOWN columns by the time I got to them, however, so I really didn’t have much to solve at that point! Happy New Year’s everyone! May your 2025 be glorious, peaceful and fun!

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