In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
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) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y – WISE
5) Back half of an old cassette tape – SIDEB
6) Perform lines that aren’t in the script – ADLIB
7) G G G G G G G – GEEZ
8) Butt, to Brits – ARSE
DOWN
1) Opposite of narrower – WIDER
2) Keeps the engine on while parked – IDLES
3) C C C C C C C – SEIZE
4) ___ and flow (tidal opposites) – EBB
5) Long, epic tale – SAGA
Well, it is April First but I wouldn’t go so far as to say there’s an actual prank in here. Rather, we just have some odd letter-based clues where once you learn to just sound out what you’re seeing, Ys, Gs, Cs, you get those answers, and then the rest of the puzzle falls in line from there. Or vice versa, depending on which you got first.
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