Time for a new Mini for Tuesday, and we’ll see if today is any harder than the last few have been. Not much of a challenge for a little while now.
How to Play the NYT Mini
The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.
Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you’ll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.
The NYT Mini is a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I try to beat the standard weekday grid in less than a minute. But sometimes I can’t quite figure out one or two clues and need to reveal the answer.
To help you avoid doing that, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers (spoilers lie ahead, of course):
NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) “Paradise” or “Lost” – SHOW
5) Hawaiian island with the famous Road to Hana – MAUI
6) ___Zeneca (pharma company) – ASTRA
8) “Stainless” metal – STEEL
9) One half of a centaur – HORSE
DOWN
1) Massive success – SMASH
2) Must – HASTO
3) ___ boroughs (term for the non-Manhattan parts of New York City) – OUTER
4) Electrician’s specialty – WIRES
7) Bar beverage – ALE
I have been watching season 2 of Paradise lately, and while I previously wouldn’t have found all that many similarities to LOST, things at the tail end of the season here are going a bit sideways into strange sci-fi territory and I am not sure that I like it. Then again, LOST wasn’t perfect either past season 1, especially, so I won’t judge too harshly.
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