Here's today's NYT Mini Crossword answer. These answers will help you solve New York Times' popular crossword game, Mini Crossword, every day!

The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #502, so read on if you need a little help. The official theme for NYT Strands #502 is... "Abracadabra!" And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Tricks of the trade".