In case you missed Tuesday’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) Drug taken in tabs – LSD
4) Like some coffees and sprained ankles – ICED
6) It covers 8-Across, both in this puzzle and in a popular game – PAPER
8) See 6-Across – ROCK
9) Also – TOO
DOWN
1) Body part that might become “fat” after a fight – LIP
2) “The Lion King” villain – SCAR
3) Train station – DEPOT
5) The Chrysler Building’s architectural style, informally – DECO
7) Old-time film studio – RKO
It’s a short puzzle today, but at least one with a special clue pair in the middle that wasn’t all that easy, I’d say. Fun fact about Rock, Paper Scissors. If you’re doing two out of three, or more, people are more likely to throw the last sign they won with, and avoid the sign they last lost with. And they might shift to the sign that just beat them. Little strategy for you there.
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