Nyt mini crossword

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  1. kir

    kirky boy Well-Known Member

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    New pb of 1.32, get in.
     
    kirky boy, Sep 30, 2024
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    I seem to be one extreme or the other. On a good day I get it in about 45 seconds, on a bad day it's more like 4 minutes.
     
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    Me too, todays was ridiculously easy, soz @kirky boy didn’t want to take your achievement away from you :D
     
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    I thought that was a clue to one of the questions......I'm thinking I don't get it lol :);)
     
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    51 seconds.

    Maybe we should get a leaderboard going on there
     
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    Didn’t know it existed. Just tried and got 2:19 but should have got it quicker really
     
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    It's the American bits what annoys me, like connections and wordle.
     
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    My daughter did it in 42s but she takes after the wife thankfully both Oxbridge material.
     
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    I'm not sure, I think it just compares your time if you complete it
     
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    1m 8s today.

    All 3 NYT puzzles were easy today, got the Connections without losing a life (currently on a 20 day streak), and Wordle in 3 (currently on a 30 streak).
     
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    21 seconds today.
     
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    Never knew it existed either 48 seconds but would have been faster if I could type on my phone without hitting the wrong key think I’d have been under 30 seconds on my laptop
     
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    There's also a daily connections puzzle, like the wall on Only Connect.
     
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    My daily brain workout all from the NYT
    Wordle
    Strands
    Connections
    Mini crossword
     
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    Yeah, I do all 4 too. Usually pretty good at Wordle and the mini crossword. Strands usually comes through trial and error. Connections is very hit and miss, I typically succeed about 60% of the time, usually get streaks of 3 or 4 days in a row followed by a day or two missing out.
     
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    Nice one Roy, hadn't come across Strands before, just done my first. Was sure mancave was in there!!
     
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    Anyone do todays. Struggled with the American words for some clues today
     
    Farnham_Red, Oct 23, 2024
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    2:23 but i watch way too much American sports, some of them are not expressions we'd use.
     
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