NYT Mini Crossword hints, clues and answers today for Sunday, July 27 2025
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If you're a fan of New York Times games like Wordle or Spelling Bee or Connections, chances are you are someone who does the NYT Mini Crossword puzzle every day, which is super fun given that there's a timer for an additional challenge.
And if that's the case and you're truly stumped, fear not! We're here to help with the answers for today's puzzle, to get you unstuck.
Let's start with hints for every clue!
1A: Starts and ends with vowels.
5A: It blows your hat off.
6A: Think oven.
7A: They serve meatballs too.
8A: Where you have your computer.
1D: Think morning.
2D: What you get on Instagram.
3D: Also could associate it with shoes.
4D: Think numbers
6D: Associated with auctions too.
Here are today's NYT Mini Crossword answers!
1A: ALSO
5A: WIND
6A: BAKED
7A: IKEA
8A: DESK
1D: AWAKE
2D: LIKES
3D: SNEAK
4D: ODD
6D: BID
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