In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
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) Size between sm. and lg. – MED
4) Sharp parts of forks – TINES
6) Cutting device in a woodworking shop – BANDSAW
8) Louise ___, Pulitzer-winning author of “The Night Watchman” and “The Mighty Red” – ERDRICH
9) Faux meat option at Thanksgiving – TOFURKEY
10) Songs, informally – TUNES
11) Drug also called acid – LSD
DOWN
1) Consciously focused on the present moment – MINDFUL
2) Evasive maneuvers – ENDRUNS
3) Wished for – DESIRED
4) Kind of deck with four suits: wands, cups, swords and pentacles – TAROT
5) Tackles of the quarterback – SACKS
6) “Oh yeah? Wanna ___?” – BET
7) Preschooler’s repeated question – WHY
Longer puzzle today and a bit of a hard one. It took me until the very end to finally figure out what the sharp parts of forks were called. They are not spokes, it turns out. Points? Prongs? Nope, none of those. I did not have a shop class in my high school and do not know what a bandsaw is. I have never eaten tofurkey. I have never taken LSD. I do have a preschooler who asks why? a lot, however.
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