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Just because you forgot to buy something special for the holidays doesn’t mean they need to know you forgot. Shipping deadlines? Checkout lines? Traffic? Christmas morning panic? Amateur hour—all of them.

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Dec. 21.

Google on Friday proposed limiting its search partnerships as a possible remedy to resolve an antitrust case regarding its search business. Google; Chelsea Jia Feng/BIGoogle on Friday proposed possible remedies to resolve an antitrust case over its search business. Last month, the DOJ suggested that the judge force Google to sell its Chrome browser.

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. 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.

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed.

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns.