Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... [+] puzzle.Credit: NYTIn case you missed Sundays NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:The end is nigh. The end of 2024, in any case. We have today and then Tuesday we celebrate New Years Eve. In years past, that meant a great deal of merrymaking with friends, which often resulted in a rather hungover New Years Day. Now that Im older and wiser, Ill likely just watch a movie or play some video games and turn in early. Well, maybe not early but gone are the days of partying until daybreak. In any case, this is one of the last Mini Crosswords of the year. Lets solve it!The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, its free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though youll need the app to tackle the archive.Answers to todays Mini Crossword below . . . .Spoilers ahead!MORE FOR YOUACROSS1 Rudely straightforward BLUNT6 Where you might see half-inch ticks? RULER7 A little less than "mega" EXTRA8 Verbose WORDY9 Unit of sunshine RAYDOWN1 Steeped concoction BREW2 Swanky Vegas hotel resembling an Egyptian pyramid LUXOR3 A little more than "mega" ULTRA4 Quirkily enthusiastic about science, maybe NERDY5 Breakfast-in-bed convenience TRAYToday's NYT Mini CrosswordScreenshot: Erik KainSometimes two words can fit nicely in a crossword and I pick the wrong one and it throws off my entire game. Today, everything I guessed was right on the money, from BLUNT to LUXOR, ULTRA to EXTRA. Even NERDY turned out to be exactly what I thought, and this whole thing only took 52 seconds.How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading!