‘Light bulb moments’ NYT Mini Crossword clue, answer and hints

Have you ever had a million dollar idea? I have a ton of potential plans but I always forget to write them down! Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Puzzle indication “Moments of light balls,” asks you to find the expression you would use to describe the feeling of a sudden discovery in your head.

Stuck with today’s NYT Mini Crossword? Try these handy hints and answers for September 22nd puzzle to complete your daily word game with ease.

‘Lightbulb Moments’ NYT September 22 Mini Crossword hints and answers

• Tip 1: The answer refers to a word that describes a sudden realization or insight.
• Tip 2: The four-letter word is used by people when they discover something they didn’t know before.
• Tip 3: It starts with the letter “A.”
• Tip 4: The solution is often used interchangeably in the “Eureka” moments.

Let’s get started and reveal the answer.

Did you see it coming? The answer to a cross in the September 22 New York Times Mini Crossword is “AHAS.” According to Merriam-Webster, an Aha moment is described as “a moment of sudden realization, inspiration, insight, recognition, or understanding,” which fits the clue perfectly. Since the clue is plural, the answer also implies more than one such mental moment of clarity.

‘Lightbulb Moments’ NYT Mini Crossword Difficulty

Although the clue is not that difficult to decipher, since “Aha!” moments were quite common in everyday life over small things, the clue is easy to solve after you complete the crossword puzzle.

The real kicker is the fact that the clue is plural, it expects you to find the answer which is also plural in nature, leading to an unusual answer Ahas, which is not a word, but a combination of multiple Aha moments. I would call it a four out of five for difficulties.

NYT Mini Crossword (September 22) Answers

About

• 1A Opposite of acidic—BASIC
• 6A Where the hamstring is located-THIGH
• 7A Pixar film with virtually no dialogue in the first 35 minutes—WALLE
• 8A Glacier-SLOWLY
• 9A “Yo ___” (Spanish for “I am”)—SOY

Down

• 1D “Oh, I wanted to tell you…” in lyrics—BTW
• 2D Moments of light balls—AHAS
• 3D Window sills—VILLAGES
• 4D Shelter made of snow blocks-IGLOO
• 5D Like bagels and gummy bears—CHEWING

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