NYT Mini Crossword for today: answers for the puzzle on Sunday, May 4.

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      Enjoy crossword puzzles but lack the time to tackle a full-sized one in your daily newspaper? That’s where The Mini comes in!

      A compact version of the New York Times' famous crossword puzzle, The Mini offers a quick and convenient way to challenge your crossword skills every day in significantly less time (most players complete it in just over a minute). Even though The Mini is smaller and simpler than a traditional crossword, it can still present challenges. Getting stuck on a single clue can mean the difference between achieving your best completion time and an awkward solving attempt.

      Just as with our Wordle and Connections hints, we're here to assist you with The Mini if you're feeling stuck and need some guidance.

      Below are the answers for today's NYT Mini crossword.

      NYT Mini Crossword answers today

      New York Times

      Across

      Wines that Napa Valley is famous for, informally – CABS

      “Right away!” – ATONCE

      School students – PUPILS

      Make a mistake … or 8-Across backward – SLIPUP

      Many a new driver – TEEN

      Down

      Items of clothing that may be worn backward – CAPS

      ___ Gawande, surgeon with the #1 New York Times best seller “Being Mortal” – ATUL

      Hasbro toy with a pull handle and twistable crank – BOPIT

      Criticize snarkily, with “at” – SNIPE

      You’re reading it – CLUE

      Channel with “2” and “U” spinoffs – ESPN

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      If you're a fan of Wordle and Connections, you might just find your next daily obsession in Puzzmo.

      If you've included puzzle games like Wordle and Connections in your routine over the past year, another daily obsession could be on the horizon. Puzzmo is a new platform that transforms the idea of a newspaper puzzle page into a responsive web page compatible with multiple devices. Players can sign up for this free platform today, which also offers a $40 annual subscription option that grants access to bonus features like experimental games and leaderboards.

      This ambitious new initiative is a collaboration between Orta Therox and Zach Gage, a game designer known for his mobile titles like Knotwords and Good Sudoku. His latest project, years in the making, serves as a one-stop shop for Gage’s puzzle collection, aiming to compete with popular hubs like The New York Times.

      Move over, Wordle: The New York Times has introduced a new puzzle game.

      The New York Times has launched a new title for its Games catalog following the ongoing success of Wordle, and it's focused on math. Digits challenges players to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers. You can play its beta version for free online right now.

      In Digits, players need to match a target number presented to them. Given six numbers, players can add, subtract, multiply, or divide these numbers to get as close to the target as possible. Not all numbers need to be utilized, making this game a true test of math skills as players combine numbers and try to formulate the correct equations to approach the target.

      Players will earn a five-star rating for matching the target number exactly, a three-star rating for being within 10 of the target, and a one-star rating for getting within 25 of the target number. Currently, there are also five different puzzles available with increasingly larger numbers. I completed today’s puzzle and found it to be an enjoyable number-centric game that should attract curious minds who appreciate puzzle games like Threes or other New York Times titles such as Wordle and Spelling Bee.

      In an article announcing Digits and detailing The New York Times Games team's game development process, The Times indicates that the team will use this free beta period to identify bugs and determine if it is worthwhile to transition into a more active development phase "where the game is coded and the designs are finalized." Therefore, enjoy playing Digits while you can, as The New York Times may decide to discontinue the project if it doesn’t receive the anticipated response.

      The beta version of Digits is currently available for free on The New York Times Games website.

      Wordle’s wild year: New York Times assesses the phenomenon’s significant year in 2022.

      If you logged onto Twitter around this time last year, you likely remember when your feed began filling up with gray, yellow, and green boxes. While it was launched in 2021 and gained widespread popularity in December of that year, Wordle unexpectedly became a cultural phenomenon in early 2022 that was nearly unavoidable unless you muted certain words. It represented a rare success story in gaming, appealing to a wide audience due to its uncomplicated format.

      Wordle's popularity surged just as rapidly as its user base. In late January 2022, the New York