‘A cube has 12 of them’ NYT Mini Crossword clue answer and hints

Have you ever played the board game Ludo and used the cubical-shaped dice? Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue, “A cube has 12 of them,” asks you to look closer into your dice and identify the crucial part of its structural identity as a cube. 

If you’re struggling to answer the clue, here are some hints and answers for the NYT Mini Crossword on Sept. 11 to solve your crossword.

‘A cube has 12 of them’ NYT Sept. 11 Mini Crossword hints and answer

• Hint 1: The answer is a part of the phrase “on ____” which means “feeling nervous.”
• Hint 2: The five-letter solution is a place where two surfaces meet. 
• Hint 3: It starts with the letter “E.”
• Hint 4: The solution is often found in sharp objects like knives.

Let’s roll the dice and reveal the answer. 

Did you see it coming? The answer to two down in the Sept. 11 New York Times Mini Crossword is “EDGES.” Any cube with six faces has four edges, but each edge is shared between two faces, resulting in 12 edges total. 

‘A cube has 12 of them’ NYT Mini Crossword difficulty rating

Everyone knows what a cube looks like, but you don’t immediately consider its edges. So, you might take some time to think about its shape and realize it has six faces, and due to its cubical structure, it has 12 edges. So it should be easy to figure out. I’d give it a two out of five for difficulty.

NYT Mini Crossword (Sept. 11) answers

Across

• 1A “You’re slaying!” to a drag queen — WERK
• 5A “Same here” — SO DO I
• 6A “Pipe” or “pump” instrument — ORGAN
• 7A Ran away from the scene — FLED
• 8A Things often skipped while listening to podcasts — ADS

Down

• 1D New York____, newspaper that published the first crossword puzzle (1913) — WORLD
• 2D A cube has 12 of them — EDGES
• 3D The Beatles sang about a long and winding one — ROAD
• 4D Family members, collectively— KIN
• 5D Place for a couch potato — SOFA

How to play other word games like the NYT Mini Crossword

Do you enjoy word games like the NYT Mini Crossword? Then you should definitely try more crossword at  LA Times and the Washington Post. You can also play Strands and Spelling Bee which are solid alternatives to crosswords and fun to play.