You might really feel this in your core NYT Mini Crossword answer and hints

Your core is at the heart of your torso’s structural integrity and there are a variety of exercises you can do to strengthen and sculpt it. The Aug. 2 NYT Mini Crossword is looking for a certain movement as you “You might really feel this in your core.”

‘You might really feel this in your core’ NYT Mini Crossword hints and answer

• Hint 1: A brief form of exercise on a pirate ship.
• Hint 2: An informal insult — “You’re a _____, mate.”
• Hint 3: One of Ed, Edd n Eddy’s most wooden characters.
• Hint 4: It starts with “P.”

Ready or not, here comes the solution for the “You might really feel this in your core” clue in today’s NYT Mini Crossword daily word game.

“PLANK” is the answer to six across, and anyone who’s set foot near a gym or trained their core (myself included) at some point knows this unreal pain.

Walking the plank is good exercise on a pirate ship (for a couple of seconds), I have called people a “plank” many times in my life, Plank was a recurring character on the bizarre cartoon—Ed, Edd n Eddy—and the solution’s starting letter is “P.”

NYT Mini Crossword (Aug. 2) answers

We’ve also covered many other answers in today’s NYT Mini Crossword and have bite-sized guides to get you clued in: “Sides in a historic tennis battle,” “Glorify,” “W.S.J. or WaPo competitor,“ “Monocle’s middle,” and “Reach across.”

‘You might really feel this in your core’ NYT Mini Crossword difficulty rating

As a gym-goer, core exercises don’t get any simpler than a basic plank. A soul-destroying, what-feels-like ab-tearing exercise wanting you to keep it tight. Even if you don’t go to the gym, a plank is quite common, and its popularity is helped by the trend I mentioned earlier—so this clue gets a two out of five difficulty rating.

How to play other word games like the NYT Mini Crossword

Make sure you take on the LA Times and the Washington Post for crossword challenges if you haven’t already. For more word games, seek out the challenge of Strands and Spelling Bee to further test your mental abilities.