NYT Mini Crossword hints, clues and answers today for Monday, July 28 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: Stands for attorneys.
4A: Starts with a vowel.
7A: Two words.
9A: Has three vowels.
10A: Correct.
1D: Think direction.
2D: Three vowels!
3D: Also think hospital.
5D: They're usually plural.
6D: "... as monsters!"
8D: Two consonants are the same.
Here are today's NYT Mini Crossword answers!
1A: INSECTS
8A: PUNCHUP
9A: ANALOGY
10A: PIP
11A: CHIPPER
15A: CONSENT
16A: SECEDES
1D: IPA
2D: NUN
3D: SNAPINC
4D: ECLIPSE
5D: CHOPPED
6D: TUG
7D: SPY
11D: CCS
12D: HOE
13D: ENE
14D: RTS
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