‘Over 90% of Maine and 80% of New Hampshire’ NYT Mini Crossword clue answer and hints

If you’ve been traveling, you’ll know that there are plenty of different places to discover in the United States. In the New York Times’s latest Mini Crossword, for example, players are tasked to figure out a clue that includes “Over 90% of Maine and 80% of New Hampshire.”

“Over 90% of Maine and 80% of New Hampshire” is a clue for a six-letter across word in the Aug. 24 edition of the Mini Crossword and might be a bit of a challenge for those who aren’t familiar with the US and its various states. If you aren’t stateside, these next hints might help you figure out just where you need to go.

“Over 90% of Maine and 80% of New Hampshire” NYT Aug. 24 Mini Crossword hints and answer

• Hint 1: Oftentimes, rangers patrol these areas.
• Hint 2: _____ Gump.
• Hint 3: Is also a type of green.
• Hint 4: A large expanse of land covered in trees.

If you’re still stumped on this clue, then you’ll want to put down some roots until you’ve figured out the word for yourself. If you’re done guessing and just want the solution, however, you can trek onward to find out the answer for the 7A “Over 90% of Maine and 80% of New Hampshire” hint.

The answer for the 7A “Over 90% of Maine and 80% of New Hampshire” hint is FOREST. Across Maine, for example, a majority of the state is covered by the Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park, and it is also the final stop of the Appalachian Trail. New Hampshire, on the other hand, is covered by the White Mountain National Forest and is also a part of the popular Appalachian Trail.

NYT Mini Crossword (Aug. 24) answers

Across

• 1A Eight: Prefix — OCTO
• 5A Got stuck, as a video — FROZE
• 7A Over 90 percent of Maine and 80 percent of New Hampshire — FOREST
• 9A Coverage of the Summer Olympics? —SWIMCAP
• 11A Like residents of Kathmandu — NEPALI
• 12A Casually drink — SIPON
• 13A The “1” of $0.01 — CENT

Down 

• 1D Turn-___ (unattractive qualities) — OFFS
• 2D Symbol in the Budweiser and Corona logos — CROWN
• 3D Defeated party in the recent U.K. elections— TORIES
• 4D Popular weight loss drug — OZEMPIC
• 6D Ford S.U.V. — ESCAPE
• 8D Eagle’s claw — TALON
• 10D Ice cream purchase — PINT

“Over 90% of Maine and 80% of New Hampshire” NYT Mini Crossword difficulty rating

For people who aren’t from the United States, this hint might be relatively hard without searching the two states mentioned. Not many people are also aware that both of them are made up of forests, and since the hint is relatively vague, there are plenty of directions where people can go with their guesses. As a result, this hint gets a three out of five difficulty rating.