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‘Did some chauffeuring’ NYT Mini Crossword clue Aug. 12 answer and hints

Give me a brake cause I'm tired of car puns.

Depending on where you’re going, driving can be tough, so you might choose to be chauffeured around instead. Today’s “Did some chauffeuring” clue on the NYT Mini Crossword tasks you with finding the right word to describe this process.

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Depending on where you live, driving can be a key part of everyday life, regardless of whether you’re the driver or you prefer to be driven around by others. This clue can still be a pretty tricky one to solve, though, so here are some hints and the answer for the “Did some chauffeuring” NYT Mini Crossword clue.

Aug. 12 ‘Did some chauffeuring’ NYT Mini Crossword hints and answer

The "Did some chauffeuring" clue marked on the NYT Mini.
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  • Hint 1: It ends with the letter “E.”
  • Hint 2: It’s a key action you perform in a car.
  • Hint 3: An anagram for it is “ROVED.”
  • Hint 4: I “_____” to the movies with some friends.

Stop here if you want to ponder the answer a bit longer because I’m about to reveal it.

The answer to the “Did some chauffeuring” clue in the Aug. 12 NYT Mini Crossword is “DROVE.” This is past tense for the word drive, which aligns with the clue because it means you “Did some chauffeuring” in the past by previously hopping in a car and driving around.

‘Did some chauffeuring’ clue difficulty rating

“DROVE” is an easy enough word, but it’s a decently tough one to get to with the information given here. Because of this, I’m giving this clue a three out of five difficulty rating.

When you think of chauffeuring, you likely think of someone driving someone else around, which can make it tricky to arrive at the word “DROVE” with just the “Did some chauffeuring” clue. You can drive without chauffeuring, so this clue makes the hint seem more complex than it actually is.

All NYT Aug. 12 Mini Crossword puzzle clues and answers

Across

Down

  • 1D Letter before beta and gamma — ALPHA
  • 2D Pulitzer-winning historian ___ Kearns Goodwin — DORIS
  • 3D Did some chauffeuring — DROVE
  • 4D All there, mentally — SANE
  • 5D Like a designer bag with the company name misspelled — FAKE

Games like NYT Mini Crossword

The NYT Mini Crossword only has so many clues available for you to solve, so once you finish all of them, you might be seeking some additional word games to work through. The Washington Post and LA Times have pretty similar crosswords you can complete if you want to work on the same type of puzzle. If you’re hoping to mix things up instead, Spelling Bee and Strands are two different word games worth trying out.


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