Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles. The New York Times Mini Crossword stays seasonal today with a Hanukkah reference -- really,

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. 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.

NYT’s Mini Crossword’s December 26 version is now available. It’s a shorter and quicker version of the long-running NYT crossword that can be solved within a few minutes. Players are provided with a grid in order to find words in the Across and Down columns.