‘Instructors who might greet their classes with ‘Namaste” NYT Mini Crossword clue answer and hints

Have you ever been to Yoga classes? Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue, “Instructors who might greet their classes with ‘Namaste,'” asks you to decipher the name of those who practice the ancient discipline of yoga and help people stay fit mentally and physically. 

If today’s NYT Mini Crossword stumped you, check below for hints and answers to solve the puzzle and breeze through your word game. 

‘Instructors who might greet their classes with “Namaste”‘ NYT Sept. 24 Mini Crossword hints and answer

• Hint 1: The answer is associated with people who are into meditation or mindfulness.
• Hint 2: The five-letter word refers to a set of people who practiced a discipline estimated to be 5,000 years old. 
• Hint 3: It starts with the letter “Y.”
• Hint 4: The solution refers to the people who started teaching a form of physical and spiritual discipline in India.

Let’s jump in and reveal the answer. 

The answer to seven across in the Sept. 24 New York Times Mini Crossword is “YOGIS.” Yogis are practitioners or teachers of yoga, so the clue directly refers to them. The “namaste” part of the clue is a greeting unique to India, and yoga originated in ancient India. Today, the practice has spread globally, so anyone who practices or teaches yoga is known as a yogi, regardless of nationality or cultural background.

‘Instructors who might greet their classes with “Namaste”‘ NYT Mini Crossword difficulty rating

I do yoga regularly, so a namaste on top of that made it abundantly clear that the clue was about talking about yoga instructors (or yogis). The “namaste” greeting should also help you understand that the instructions have some connection to India. If you have never heard about yoga, then it would be difficult for you to guess the answer. So, I’d give it a three out of five for difficulty.

NYT Mini Crossword (Sept. 24) answers

Across

• 1A Who says “Whoo!” — OWL
• 4A Fare for Little Miss Muffet — WHEY
• 5A “Let’s put our differences___” — ASIDE
• 7A Instructors who might greet their classes with “Namaste” — YOGIS
• 8A Part of a baseball uniform but not a soccer uniform — HAT

Down

• 1D Very, Very — OH SO
• 2D Put on the scale — WEIGH
• 3D ___Ko, 2024 Olympic gold medalist in women’s golf — LYDIA
• 4D Course — WAY
• 6D Superlative suffix — EST

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