Things people indicate by shaking their beans?

The answer to “Things people indicate by shaking their beans?” in the The Washington Post Mini crossword is NOS — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post Mini crossword on August 28, 2026 at 8-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Things people indicate by shaking their beans?” answer

NOS (3 letters)

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What does NOS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of NOS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Things people indicate by shaking their beans?” appeared?

The Washington Post Mini reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 28, 2026 (most recent) → NOS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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