Do you get annoyed by the frequent @followers or @highlight pings on Facebook? They fill up my notifications bar, and honestly, they make me want to unfriend my relatives. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue, “Tagged with an “@” on social media,” asks you to find that action these people take that overloads your feed.
If you’re stuck on a clue in today’s NYT Mini Crossword, you can use our hints and answers to keep you moving and easily solve the word game.
- Hint 1: The answer is a short form of being tagged or mentioned with an @ symbol.
- Hint 2: The five-letter solution is a quick way to notify someone online using their handle.
- Hint 3: It starts with the letter “A.”
- Hint 4: The solution sounds like at followed by an action suffix.
Let’s jump in and reveal the answer.
The answer to two down in the Oct. 28 New York Times Mini Crossword is “ATTED.” When using various social media platforms like Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), or Instagram, when you tag someone, you often use the “@” symbol followed by their username to send them a notification for a particular post. This activity is informally referred to as being @-ed or, in a literal word, attend.
The modern use of @ became prominent in 1971 when Ray Tomlinson, a computer engineer, chose it to separate usernames from domain names in email addresses.
The word atted is rarely used, so we wouldn’t blame you if you couldn’t get the answer right on your first try. However, when you tag someone using the @ symbol, you attract them to your post. That makes it a fairly simple task you might unconsciously do while sending memes to your friends and family. But this might be a tough solution if you’re not into technical lingo. So, I’d give it a four out of five for difficulty.
NYT Mini Crossword (Oct. 28) answers
Across
- 1A [I’m SHOCKED!] — GASP
- 5A Last multiple choice option, often — OTHER
- 7A Material for a mason — STONE
- 8A Dye used in many South Asian wedding celebrations — HENNA
- 9A Animal on an “Xing” sign — DEER
Down
- 1D “Isn’t that something!” — GOSH
- 2D Tagged with an “@,” on social media — ATTED
- 3D Emitted light — SHONE
- 4D Tubular noodles — PENNE
- 6D Backside — REAR
How to play other word games like the NYT Mini Crossword
If the NYT Mini Crossword word games make you flustered, the LA Times and Washington Post puzzles can help you bounce back. If your relationship with crosswords is over, you can dive into Strands and Spelling Bee to enhance your vocabulary.
