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NYT Mini crossword answers, hints for December 22, 2024

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections —...

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Boutayna Chokrane

L’Oreal Professionnel AirLight Pro Review: Faster, Lighter, and Repairable

L'Oréal's first professional hair dryer combines infrared light, wind, and heat to drastically reduce your drying time.

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Verge Staff

The Verge’s favorite books from 2024

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Our staff writes about the best books they read over the course of the year.

Read the full story at The Verge.

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Allison Johnson

An iPhone owner’s guide to living off the app grid

Do we really need all this? | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

The grid is a comfortable place to live.

The app grid, I mean: the rows and rows of app icons on your iPhone’s homescreen. It’s familiar. Safe. It’s how I’ve lived with my various phones over the past decade. But at some point, it started to feel oppressive.

All those icons staring at me in the face, vying for my attention. The clutter! The distracting little notification badges! The grid was a...

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18 Haircare Products Under $25 That’ll Give Your Curls The Bounce They Deserve

If you're looking for the perfect coil, the perfect ringlet, or the perfect wave, you've come to the right place.

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David Nield

How to Change the Default Search Engine in Google Chrome

Just because you use Chrome doesn’t mean you have to use Google. Learn how to invite Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, or even ChatGPT into your omnibox.

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David Pierce

A new and better way to control your smart home

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 65, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get ready to take up all your phone’s storage space, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This is the last Installer of the year! I’m taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays, and I hope you’re getting some relaxation in too. Thank you so much to everyone who has subscribed to this newsletter, emailed me your...

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A No-Scrub Shower Cleaner, Plus 31 Other Low-Effort Cleaning Products For A Spotless Home

These game-changers will do most of the hard work for you.

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NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for December 22

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for...

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Elise Cutts

The Universe Is Teeming With Complex Organic Molecules

Wherever astronomers look, they see life’s raw materials—and hints at answers to one of the great mysteries of science.

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David Fucillo

Tony Pollard questionable for Week 16 vs. Colts

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Titans running back Tony Pollard is dealing with an ankle injury late in the season. We break down the fantasy football impact in Week 16.

The Tennessee Titans are playing for draft positioning to close out the 2024 NFL season, but in Week 16 they have a chance to play spoiler against the Indianapolis Colts. They’ll enter the game with a banged-up Tony Pollard, who is uncertain for the game due to an ankle injury.

Tony Pollard injury...

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David Fucillo

Jaylen Waddle injury status: Dolphins WR unlikely to play in Week 16 vs. 49ers

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Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is dealing with a knee injury and is expected to be inactive in Week 16. We break down what it means for fantasy football.

The Miami Dolphins host the San Francisco 49ers in a Week 16 matchup both teams need to win to keep their playoff hopes alive. Miami is likely to be shorthanded at wide receiver, but how much will depend on some game day news. Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is likely to miss the game, while...

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David Fucillo

Tyreek Hill questionable for Week 16 vs. 49ers

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Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is dealing with an ongoing wrist issue. We break down his injury status and the fantasy football impact in Week 16.

The Miami Dolphins head into a critical Week 16 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, and they’ll likely be shorthanded on offense. The team is not expecting to have wide receiver Jaylen Waddle available, and his running mate Tyreek Hill is questionable for the game.

Tyreek Hill injury status

Hill...

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David Fucillo

Your daily NFL trivia game, Sunday edition

Think you can figure out what NFL player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re returning to our system of a new article each day for the game.

We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each...

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Tammy LaGorce

Love in a Time of War

Anastasia Savka and Oleksiy Levchenko met at a rehabilitation facility earlier this year after surviving critical injuries as Ukrainian soldiers.

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Hank Sanders

Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Drove Pickup Into Killeen Mall, Injuring 5

The police said the man was being investigated for possible drunken driving but instead of stopping, he smashed his pickup truck into a J.C. Penney.

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Elian Peltier

Niger Buckles Under Relentless Jihadist Fire

In the West African nation of Niger, killings by insurgents have surged since the military seized power in a coup, expelled U.S. and European troops and stopped negotiations with Islamist groups.

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Yan Zhuang and Matthew Mpoke Bigg

U.S. Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Red Sea by Apparent Friendly Fire

A U.S. Navy ship mistakenly fired at the F/A-18, whose two pilots were safely recovered, the military said.

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Parker Richards

What Nantucket Owes the Whale

We owe it to the right whale — and to so many other species — to reconstruct what our own history has taken from them.

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David Brooks

The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be

The word “faith” implies the possession of something, whereas I experience faith as a yearning for something beautiful that I can sense but not fully grasp.

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