If you missed the NYT Mini on Sunday, you can catch up Here you will find the answers:

ForbesNYT Mini Clues and Answers for Sunday, December 15thFrom Kris Holt

Are you wondering what could be an important feature of the sentence “I like cooking, family and friends”? Not sure what the original color of peanut M&Ms were? Don’t worry because I am here to help you with the answers for today’s question NYT Mini Crossword puzzle.

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword puzzle. Most days there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five-by-five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

In contrast to its bigger brother, the NYT Mini Crossword puzzles can be played for free New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you need one NYT Game subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.

So that you don’t get stuck and don’t have to uncover missing letters, you can find them here NYT Mini Crossword Puzzle Answers for Monday December 16 (Of course, there are spoilers ahead):

NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions

NYT Mini Across Answers

1 cross: petting zoo animal — GOAT

5 Across: Important feature of the sentence “I like cooking, family and friends” — COMMA

6 Across: Working alliance – UNION

7 Across: “All ___ are over!” — BET

8 Across: In short: triage centers – ERS

NYT Mini Down Answers

1 Down: One Doomed to Failure – GONER

2 Down: Leaves out – WITHOUT

3 Below: “Famous” Cookie Maker – AMOS

4 Down: Original color of Peanut M&Ms, introduced in 1954 – TAN

5 Down: Rubik’s ___ — DICE

It cost me 0:40 to complete today’s conclusion NYT Mini.

I didn’t understand GOAT right away and thought about it for too long before moving on. Everything else went smoothly except OMOS, which I didn’t know because we don’t have one where I live. But a pretty fun game.

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