NYT Mini Crossword March 30, 2025: Hints and answers to solve the Sunday puzzle
This guide offers subtle hints and direct answers to help you navigate today’s puzzle without spoiling the fun too soon.
Unlike its full-sized counterpart, the NYT Mini Crossword offers a quick yet engaging challenge. Featuring a compact 5x5 grid, these puzzles generally contain three to five clues in each direction, though variations occur, especially on weekends.
Free to play on The New York Times website and its gaming app, access to archived puzzles requires an NYT Games subscription.
For those facing a moment of crossword-induced frustration, here are hints and solutions to help maintain your winning streak.
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Hints for the NYT Mini Crossword (March 30, 2025)
If you’re looking for a gentle push in the right direction, these hints might just help you crack today’s puzzle.
Across Clues:
- 1 Across: As easy as 1-2-3… and one more
- 5 Across: Similar to Yogi and Baloo
- 6 Across: The original company behind Power Rangers
- 8 Across: In Bohemian Rhapsody, she had just taken a life
- 9 Across: A thick, flat piece of concrete or bacon
Down Clues:
- 1 Down: An anti-lock braking system (commonly abbreviated)
- 2 Down: Narrow, bright cones of light, often from flashlights
- 3 Down: A secretive club or group, often associated with artists
- 4 Down: The counterpart to comedy
- 7 Down: To capture a criminal
NYT Mini Crossword Answers (March 30, 2025)
If you’re still stumped, here are the direct answers to today’s puzzle, as per a report by Forbes.
Across Answers:
- 1 Across: ABCD (four before E)
- 5 Across: BEAR (a stock market pessimist)
- 6 Across: SABAN (Nick ___, a college football legend)
- 8 Across: MAMA (a common first word for babies)
- 9 Across: SLAB (a piece of marble or bacon)
Down Answers:
- 1 Down: ABS