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Connections is a New York Times word game that’s all about finding the “common threads between words.” How to solve the puzzle.

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.

If you just want to be told today’s puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for November 2’s Connections solution. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

What is Connections?

The NYT‘s latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications’ Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there’s only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

Here’s a hint for today’s Connections categories

Want a hit about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

Yellow: Kitchen essentials

Green: Advisors

Blue: Workouts

Purple: Types of jewelry

Here are today’s Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today’s connections fall into the following categories:

Yellow: Seen in a Kitchen

Green: Group of Advisors

Blue: Core Exercises

Purple: Kinds of Earrings

Looking for Wordle today? Here’s the answer to today’s Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today’s puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today’s Connections #510 is…

What is the answer to Connections today

Seen in a Kitchen: COUNTER, FRIDGE, RANGE, SINK

Group of Advisors: BOARD, CABINET, COUNCIL, PANEL

Core Exercises: BOAT, CRUNCH, MOUNTAIN CLIMBER, PLANK

Kinds of Earrings: CHANDELIER, DROP, HOOP, STUD

Don’t feel down if you didn’t manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we’ll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today’s Strands.

If you’re looking for more puzzles, Mashable’s got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Connections.

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Honesty and healing are both the journey and the destination in “A Real Pain,” written, directed and co-starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin. Review.

After their grandmother’s death, two estranged cousins — the professional David (writer/director Jesse Eisenberg) and charismatic slacker Benji (Kieran Culkin) — reunite for a trip to her native Poland, where they hope to learn more about where she grew up and what she survived in the Holocaust. In their childhoods, the pair was inseparable, but years of distance have set in until this moment. In her will, their grandmother set aside funds for her grandsons to rediscover their family roots, and David signs them up for a tour that retraces Jewish history in Poland, including a stop at a concentration camp. Along the way, they meet other fellow travelers looking to learn more about their own families and the history of the Jewish community in Poland before and after WWII. Their trip has the potential to bring them closer to their family’s history and each other — if only they can stand each other’s company. 

A Real Pain is a brief but profound journey into reconnecting with one’s family history, both in the sense of generations ago and the present day. Along the way, the two cousins make the perfect odd couple, with David fretting many details and Benji willing to shake things up at a moment’s notice. The tensions come to a head many times over the trip, but despite David’s frustrations and Benji’s carefree spirit, the antics reveal a more complicated dynamic — one that has grown and soured over the years, and that might be salvaged from this trip their grandmother stipulated in her will. Yes, A Real Pain is a movie about remembering the Holocaust, but it’s funny and heartwarming, a rare combination when considering the subject matter. 

A Real Pain is a showcase for Jesse Eisenberg’s filmmaking. 

At a brisk 90 minutes, no part of A Real Pain feels too long or drawn out. Written and directed by Eisenberg, the follow-up to his debut feature When You Finish Saving the World moves efficiently along the various highs and lows of the story, allowing each of the main characters to develop their backstories and idiosyncrasies. The comedy is sharp, landing quickly and punctuated by just the right kind of reaction shot, usually from David as he endures one his cousin’s latest outburst. The punchlines are sometimes witty, sometimes broad, but the central rapport between the cousins drives everything. And as chaotic as their presence might be in the group, it’s heartwarming to see them embraced by strangers and how their dynamic within the group subverts expectations. Eisenberg knows just the emotional beats to hit — the silent looks to underscore unsaid feelings, and when to let Culkin take the spotlight and when to let the somber notes of the film play it straight.

As the lead, Eisenberg’s character is something of a variation of roles we’ve seen him take on elsewhere: a driven (if perhaps slightly neurotic) character who prioritizes order, logic, and efficiency, not too dissimilar from his character in the TV series Fleishman Is in Trouble. But he’s there to serve as a kind of “straight man” for Culkin’s Benji to rebel against, a model of decorum who’s easily mortified and frustrated but trying his best to keep it in so that the pair can enjoy the trip. 

Eisenberg and cinematographer Michal Dymek give A Real Pain a kind of autumnal glow, and these amber-like tones invite feelings of nostalgia and remembrance. It also gives their tour a certain romanticized sheen — not too hot, not too cold, perfect as a postcard  — until the reality of their family’s history in Poland punctures the illusion. 

A Real Pain is also a chance for Culkin to showcase his acting chops.

Kieran Culkin didn’t steal as many hearts as he did in Succession by playing a well-behaved role model. As Roman, he was an unrepentant jerk with a vulnerable side, a proverbial cannonball swinging chaotically from one cause célèbre to the next. As Benji, he’s significantly toned down, still a jerk who perhaps speaks his mind so freely that he may hurt people in the process, but as David reveals, Benji is also going through his own troubles after the death of his beloved grandmother. The script avoids therapeutic but cliched expository dumps from Benji, leaving it up to Culkin to hint at his character’s inner turmoil and Eisenberg’s David to fill in the backstory Benji isn’t keen to share on his own. Behind the confident bravado of the resourceful slacker who mailed himself weed in another country is someone really struggling with grief and purpose.

A Real Pain reflects the different ways family members cope (or don’t) with their ancestors’ history, especially when there is inherited trauma involved. David, more so than Benji, feels guilty for the horrors his grandmother experienced in the Holocaust, her immigration to America, and the struggles she faced reestablishing herself in another part of the world. These details of their grandmother’s life don’t seem to haunt Benji in the same way, but the historical aspects of the tour move him more than others in the group. For example, while traveling to their next tour stop, he nervously paces a train when thinking about how Jews like their grandmother were transported to concentration camps decades earlier. In another poignant scene, he asks the group’s well-meaning tour guide James (Will Sharpe, White Lotus) to stop sharing facts and let them take in the silence at a Jewish cemetery. It’s a level of unpredictability that can be funny yet sincere, and Culkin threads the needle between emotions with surprising acuity.

Despite its title, A Real Pain is genuinely funny. Benji is such an extraordinary, off-beat character, yet he seems like someone you might know from work or in your own family gatherings. As the beleaguered grown-up who’s both exasperated by his cousin’s antics but also enjoys reconnecting with his childhood companion, David is the perfect foil for Benji to play off — sometimes indirectly like when he says something outrageous, and David is left with a quizzical, helpless look on his face. Over the course of their tour through Poland, they reveal more about themselves and their pasts to their fellow travelers, which affects how the audience perceives their relationship and how the tour group sees them moving forward.

The supporting cast of A Real Pain elevates the star performers.

The tour David and Benji joins takes them through various landmarks of Jewish history in Poland, stopping at statues and former Jewish neighborhoods that were displaced during the Holocaust. While the tour is not strictly for the descendants of Holocaust survivors, many of those alongside David and Benji are also trying to learn more about their family history. While Sharpe’s earnest tour guide leads the way, Jennifer Grey’s divorced mom is similarly looking to reconnect with her family’s roots. The ensemble also includes Kurt Egyiawan as a Jewish convert who survived the Rwandan genocide, whom Benji immediately takes a liking to, and a retired couple played by Daniel Oreskes and Liza Sadovy, who are less charmed by Benji’s behavior. Through them, we also see how different people process and grieve their family’s tragedies and what this trip means to them. 

A Real Pain isn’t necessarily asking bigger questions about current events; it’s focused specifically on this family and their experiences, making it feel relatable to anyone whose family migrated to the States in the wake of a historical event. It’s short and sweet, striking a delicate balance between the heaviness of the cousins’ trip and the pair’s mismatched dynamic. And like many vacations, A Real Pain feels like it’s over too soon, but it lasts just long enough to avoid overstaying its welcome. It’s a bittersweet tribute to the journeys our ancestors took to bring us to where we are today and coping with the troubled relationships we may share with our present-day relatives. 

A Real Pain is now in theaters.

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The best live streaming services to watch the San Diego State vs. Boise State college football game without cable.

The San Diego State Aztecs and Boise State Broncos football teams go head-to-head this weekend at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The match will take place on Friday, Nov. 1, and is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. 

San Diego State vs. Boise State football kickoff time and network

The San Diego State vs. Boise State football game is scheduled for a 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT start on FS1 on Friday, Nov. 1.

Best streaming services for SDSU vs. Boise State football game

You need to choose a streaming service to watch college football without cable or satellite TV. We’ve found some of the best streaming services to consider for the San Diego State vs. Boise State football game on FS1. 

Most affordable: Sling TV

Sling TV suggests the streamer’s Orange Plan for the game, which costs $20 for the first month and $40 monthly after that.

Sling TV’s sports channels feature ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNews, ESPNU, FOX, FS1, FS2, NBC, NFL Network, and SEC Network.

Best for single game: FuboTV

FuboTV offers you more than 250 channels of live TV and the option to watch on 10 screens at once. You can try FuboTV with a seven-day free trial period. 

Go to the FuboTV website to check if ESPN is available in your zip code. If it is, you can access ESPN with the FuboTV Pro plan, which offers an introductory rate of $59.99 for the first month and a regular rate of $79.99 per month.

FuboTV’s sports channel offerings include ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, FOX, FS1, FS2, Golf Network, Marquee Sports Network, Monumental Sports, NBC, NFL Network, and SEC Network. 

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Skip the lines and see “Wicked” early! Prime members can grab tickets to an exclusive early screening on Nov. 18.

EARLY ACCESS: Skip the lines and see Wicked early. Prime members can grab tickets to an exclusive early screening on Nov. 18.

If you’ve been counting down the days to Wicked’s release, your wait may be over soon — if you have a Prime membership, that is.

As of Nov. 1, Amazon Prime members can score early access tickets to see the highly anticipated film adaptation of the Broadway musical before it hits theaters nationwide on Nov. 22.

The early screening will take place on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at select theaters throughout the U.S. To see Wicked on the big screen before the general public, use the official landing page on Amazon to check availability and purchase tickets. They’re first come, first served, so you might want to grab yours before they’re gone.

Amazon’s also featuring Wicked Wednesdays, where you can buy Wicked-themed merch and see exclusive content. (Click the “notify me” link to get notifications of the next drop!)

Want even more Wicked? Bring the enchantment into your home with Amazon Alexa. If you have an Alexa-enabled device, say, “Alexa, send me to Oz.” You can also say, “Alexa, follow the Good Witch,” or “Alexa, follow the Wicked Witch,” to add a little magic to your everyday interactions.

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Everything you need to know about how to watch “My Old Ass” at home, including the official streaming date and the best streaming deals.

If you’re looking for a feel-good movie to shift out of spooky season, My Old Ass is officially making its streaming debut on Nov. 7. The time-travel flick from writer/director Megan Park is a lively comedy about growing up and moving on that Mashable’s film editor calls “a true joy.” Starring Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella, a true star on the rise, as older and younger versions of the same woman, the film manages to reject the same old tired time-travel mission trope, which is quite refreshing.

Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch My Old Ass online (and maybe even for free).

What is My Old Ass about?

My Old Ass follows Elliott (Stella), who decides to take a mushroom trip to ring in her 18th birthday. The trip brings her face-to-face with her sarcastic 39-year-old self (Plaza), who delivers bits of wisdom and warnings about life. What follows is a spirited coming-of-age journey that “captures the joy of carefree youth without romanticizing it,” as Mashable’s film editor Kristy Puchko puts it.

Here’s the official trailer:

Is My Old Ass worth watching?

The coming-of-age comedy from Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment is currently holding a 91 percent critic rating and 89 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes — both pretty impressive numbers. Though it wasn’t particularly a box office hit, My Old Ass has seen largely positive reviews online. And box office numbers don’t usually tell the whole story anyway.

Puchko notes that it does veer into schmaltzy, but ultimately is “a briskly funny time-travel movie that bucks genre convention and allows its characters to be as charming as they are messy.”

Read our full review of My Old Ass.

How to watch My Old Ass at home

Rather than making its digital retail debut first, like most new theatrical releases, My Old Ass will go directly to streaming first. Since My Old Ass is an Amazon MGM Studios film, it’s set to make its streaming debut on Prime Video on Nov. 7. The film will also be available to rent or purchase at digital retailers (Apple TV+, Vudu, etc.) at a later date.

Can I get Prime Video for free?

Yes! If you’re new to Prime or you’re returning after some time away, Amazon offers a free 30-day trial to test the waters. With a trial, you’ll still have full access to Prime perks — including Prime Video. Once your trial period ends, you’ll be charged the full price for a Prime membership, which is currently $14.99 per month. Be sure to cancel before the month is up if you want to avoid charges.

The best Prime Video streaming deals

Save $6/month: Prime Video only

For those who don’t want or need all of the extra Prime member perks, you can simply subscribe to Prime Video as a standalone service instead for just $8.99 per month. That’s $6 per month less than a full membership. Of course, Amazon makes it unnecessarily complicated to sign up for Prime Video alone. When you go to sign up for a subscription, you’ll have to select the option to “see more plans” or “change plans” and navigate to the option for Prime Video on its own. Like a Prime membership, you can still cancel whenever you want with no strings attached.

Save 22%: Amazon Prime annual membership

As opposed to paying for a monthly Prime membership, you can pay for an entire year at once and save about $40. You’ll enjoy all of the perks of being a Prime member, including access to Prime Video, for a full year. And instead of paying $14.99 every month, you’ll pay $139 upfront, which works out to just $11.59 per month. That ends up saving you about 22% in total.

Save 50%: Prime for Young Adults

Amazon’s Prime Student subscription has now evolved into Prime for Young Adults. In other words, you don’t have to be a college student anymore to score the deal. If you’re between the ages of 18 and 24, student or not, you can get a free six-month trial to Prime, then pay just $7.49 per month. That’s 50% in savings. All you have to do is verify your age or your student status and the world of Prime is yours — including Prime Video.

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“The Daily Show” host Ronnie Chieng has shared his thoughts on Trump’s garbage truck stunt.

“The Daily Show” host Ronnie Chieng has shared his thoughts on Trump’s garbage truck stunt.

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Netflix has released its holiday slate for 2024, which includes titles like “Hot Frosty,” “Spellbound,” and “A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter.”

Halloween is officially over, which means it’s basically Christmas. And Netflix is here to speed that transition along.

On Nov. 1, the streaming service announced its slate of holiday titles, which includes a wide variety of movies, TV shows, and even games. If you like cheesy Christmas rom-coms, get ready for Lindsay Lohan in Our Little Secret, as well as her Mean Girls co-star Lacey Chabert in Hot Frosty. (About a hot Frosty the Snowman, duh!) More in the mood for holiday animation? Flicks like Spellbound and That Christmas have you covered.

There’s so much more where that came from, including Christmas Day football, a new season of The Great British Baking Show: Holidays, and a Sabrina Carpenter Christmas special. Here, in chronological order, are all the Christmas-y goodies coming to Netflix in 2024.

November

Dinner Time Live with David Chang: Holiday Edition

In this weekly series, chef David Chang brings viewers on a live culinary adventure as he cooks for his celebrity friends. For the show’s November and December installments, expect holiday-themed dishes — who knows, maybe you’ll get some cooking inspiration!

Starring: David Chang, Chris Ying

How to watch: Dinner Time Live with David Chang: Holiday Edition airs every Tuesday through Dec. 10 on Netflix at 7 p.m. ET.

Meet Me Next Christmas

Netflix’s 2024 slate of cheesy Christmas rom-coms kicks off with Meet Me Next Christmas. Christina Milian plays Layla, who hits it off with James (Kofi Siriboe) when they meet at an airport on Christmas. They decide to reunite next Christmas at a Pentatonix concert (very specific, I know), but Layla isn’t able to score tickets to the sold-out show in time. Now, it’s a race against the clock for Layla to secure her fairytale ending. But when sparks fly with the concierge (Devale Ellis) she hires to help her out, she may just have to re-evaluate what she truly wants.

Starring: Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Kofi Siriboe, Tymika Tafari, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, Matt Sallee, Kalen Allen, Nikki Duval, and Wesley French

How to watch: Meet Me Next Christmas hits Netflix Nov. 6.

Hot Frosty

What if Frosty the Snowman was hot? That’s basically all you need to know about Hot Frosty, which stars Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) as a woman who magically brings a handsome snowman (Dustin Milligan, Schitt’s Creek) to life. It’s not long before things heat up between the two — but hopefully not too much! After all, he is a snowman.

Starring: Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Katy Mixon Greer, Lauren Holly, Chrishell Stause, Joe Lo Truglio, and Craig Robinson

How to watch: Hot Frosty hits Netflix Nov. 13.

Netflix Stories: A Virgin River Christmas

In the latest installment of the interactive Netflix Stories games, players head down to Virgin River for the holidays and — what else? — fall for a cute local.

How to play: Netflix Stories: A Virgin River Christmas is available to download Nov. 19, and is free with a Netflix account.

The Merry Gentlemen

A former big-city dancer (Britt Robertson) tries to save her parents’ small-town performing venue and bar in The Merry Gentlemen. Her plan? To put on the greatest all-male Christmas dance revue this town has ever seen — including a shirtless Chad Michael Murray.

Starring: Britt Robertson, Chad Michael Murray, Marla Sokoloff, Beth Broderick, Michael Gross, Maxwell Caulfield, Hector David Jr., Colt Prattes, and Marc Anthony Samuel

How to watch: The Merry Gentlemen hits Netflix Nov. 20.

Spellbound

West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler lends her voice to Spellbound, an upcoming animated film from Shrek co-directer Vicky Jenson. The film follows Princess Ellian (Zegler), who must break a curse that turned her parents into monsters. An epic quest ensues, complete with new songs from Alan Menken and a dazzling voice cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Nathan Lane, and more.

Starring: Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Tituss Burgess, Nathan Lane, Javier Bardem, and Nicole Kidman

How to watch: Spellbound hits Netflix Nov. 22.

Our Little Secret

Between 2022’s Falling for Christmas and the upcoming Our Little Secret, Lindsay Lohan is quickly cementing herself as Netflix’s go-to Christmas romcom star. This time around, Lohan and co-star Ian Harding play exes forced to spend Christmas in the same house, as their current partners are siblings. When it comes to disastrous holiday scenarios, I’d say that’s pretty high up on the list.

Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Ian Harding, Tim Meadows, Jon Rudnitsky, Henry Czerny, Judy Reyes, Chris Parnell, Kristin Chenoweth, Dan Bucatinsky, Katie Baker, Jake Brennan, Ash Santos, and Brian Unger

How to watch: Our Little Secret hits Netflix Nov. 27.

Is It Cake? Holiday

Netflix’s illusion cake competition show Is It Cake? returns with a holiday twist, bringing back nine All Star bakers from prior seasons to bake perfect replicas of ice skates, wreaths, and more.

Starring: Mikey Day

How to watch: Is It Cake? Holiday hits Netflix Nov. 28.

The Snow Sister

Based on Maja Lunde and Lisa Aisato’s beloved book, The Snow Sister is a Norwegian film about a grieving family who’s lost touch with the Christmas spirit. However, when they encounter bubbly Christmas lover Hedvig, they may just find it within themselves to celebrate Christmas again.

Starring: Mudit Gupta, Celina Meyer Hovland, Ole Steinkjer Øyen, Jan Sælid, Samsaya, Gunnar Eiriksson, and Advika

How to watch: The Snow Sister hits Netflix Nov. 29.

December

Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch — In-game holiday content

Christmas comes to theme park management game Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch this December, with players gaining access to exclusive holiday-themed content.

How to play: Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch is available to download. Holiday content lasts from Dec. 2 to Jan. 4.

Knittens — In-game holiday content

Dress cats to the nines in match-3 game Knittens, which will get some special holiday theming just in time for Christmas.

How to play: Knittens is available to download. Holiday content arrives Dec. 3.

That Christmas

Succession‘s Brian Cox takes on the role of Santa Claus in the animated film That Christmas, based on the books by Love Actually director Richard Curtis, who also wrote the screenplay. Just like in Love Actually, That Christmas tells a series of intertwining stories set during the holidays: This time, we’re in the small town of Wellington-on-Sea, where a freak snowstorm is threatening to derail Christmas. Will people be able to make it to their friends and family in time?

Starring: Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Lolly Adefope, Alex Macqueen, Katherine Parkinson, Sindhu Vee, India Brown, Zazie Hayhurst, Sienna Sayer, Jack Wisniewski, Rosie Cavaliero, Paul Kaye, Guz Khan, Andy Nyman, Kuhu Agarwal, Bronte Smith, Freddie Spry, Ava Talbot, Bill Nighy, and Rhys Darby

How to watch: That Christmas hits Netflix Dec. 4.

Black Doves

In the mood for a Christmas thriller? Then get ready for Black Doves, a spy series starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw. Knightley plays Helen Webb, who for 10 years now has been passing her politician husband’s secrets to a shadowy organization known as the Black Doves. But when Helen’s lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her old friend Sam Young (Whishaw) comes out of the woodwork to keep her safe. Oh, and it’s all set around Christmas.

Starring: Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Buchan, and Andrew Koji

How to watch: Blacks Doves hits Netflix Dec. 5.

Snake.io — In-Game Holiday Content

The snake-eat-snake game Snake.io gets a holiday makeover this Dec.

How to play: Snake.io is available to download. Holiday content arrives Dec. 5.

Mary

Jesus’s mother Mary is the center of this Biblical coming-of-age epic, which stars Anthony Hopkins as the murderous King Herod.

Starring: Noa Cohen, Ido Tako, Stephanie Nur, Susan Brown, Ori Pfeffer, Eamon Farren, Hilla Vidor, Mili Avital, Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Dudley O’Shaughnessy, Keren Tzur, Mehmet Kurtulus, Mila Harris, and Anthony Hopkins

How to watch: Mary hits Netflix Dec. 6.

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter

Please, please, please spend your holidays with pop star Sabrina Carpenter, who brings her 2023 Christmas EP fruitcake to Netflix in this musical special. But that’s not all! Expect covers of other holiday standards, surprise cameos, and a whole lot of nonsense. (Complimentary.)

Starring: Sabrina Carpenter

How to watch: A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter hits Netflix Dec. 6 at 9 p.m. ET.

The Great British Baking Show: Holidays Season 7

The ultimate holiday comfort watch arrives in the form of the The Great British Baking Show holiday specials, which see former contestants craft showstopping sweet treats to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve. What more could you want?

Starring: Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, and Alison Hammond

How to watch: Great British Baking Show: Holidays Season 7 hits Netflix Dec. 9.

Carry-On

If traveling over the holidays stresses you out, Carry-On is going to multiply that stress tenfold. Taron Egerton (Blackberry, Rocketman) plays a young TSA agent whose Christmas Eve is turned upside down by a mysterious blackmailer who wants him to let a dangerous package onto a packed flight. It’s not long before their cat-and-mouse game puts the whole airport at risk.

Starring: Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi, Logan Marshall-Green, Dean Norris, Sinqua Walls, and Jason Bateman

How to watch: Carry-On hits Netflix Dec. 13.

NFL Christmas Game Day

Football comes to Netflix on Christmas day, with not one but two marquee games: The Kansas City Chiefs against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Baltimore Ravens against the Houston Texans.

How to watch: The Chiefs-Steelers game begins at 1 p.m. ET on Netflix on Dec. 25, and the Ravens-Texans game begins the same day at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall

Comedian Michelle Buteau (Babes, Survival of the Thickest) rings in the New Year with her second Netflix special, which is also the first special by a female comic to be recorded at Radio City Music Hall. This time around, Buteau is reflecting on motherhood, marriage, and more.

Starring: Michelle Buteau

How to watch: Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall hits Netflix Dec. 31.

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Stephen King has shared a new animated short film for kids called “Lily”, performed and directed by Kate Siegel.

Stephen King has shared a new animated short film for kids called “Lily”, performed and directed by Kate Siegel.

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Answers to each clue for the November 1, 2024 edition of Arkadium daily mini crossword on Mashable.com.

The Daily Mini Crossword is one of the many popular daily word games available on Mashable. Powered by Arkadium, the mini crossword offers a speed round of puzzle fun with clues that are sure to challenge experienced crossword enthusiasts.

But there’s no need to let the challenge get in the way of your enjoyment! If moments are turning to minutes after getting stuck on a clue, find the answers you need to progress right here.

And when you’re done, check out the many other word games you can play on Mashable, including a full-size crossword.

Also, if you get stuck on any other daily word games, such as Wordle, Connections, or Strands — we have you covered.

Here are the clues and answers to Daily Mini Crossword for Friday, November 1, 2024:

Across

Subway alternative

The answer is Cab.

Kind of bear

The answer is Polar.

Crop up

The answer is Arise.

Gestured greetings

The answer is Waved.

____ Zeppelin

The answer is Led.

Down

Pinkish orange

The answer is Coral.

Breathing

The answer is Alive.

Has foundation

The answer is Based.

Furry foot

The answer is Paw.

Wine choice

The answer is Red.

If you’re looking for more puzzles, Mashable’s got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today’s Strands.

Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Mini Crossword.

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Hints and answers to today’s Hurdle all in one place.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today’s Hurdle, don’t worry! We have you covered.

Hurdle Word 1 hint

Sketchy.

Hurdle Word 1 answer

DICEY

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Clever in a funny way.

Hurdle Word 2 Answer

WITTY

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Up to.

Hurdle Word 3 answer

UNTIL

Hurdle Word 4 hint

A cause of muscle pain.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

CRAMP

Final Hurdle hint

To legally take in a child to raise.

Hurdle Word 5 answer

ADOPT

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