In case you missed Tuesday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
Neat puzzle today with some unusual words that you probably have not used in a very long time, if ever.
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) Fresh addition to a pasta sauce, perhaps – BASIL
6) Log ___ (water park ride) – FLUME
7) Group of ships – FLEET
8) Some drinks from “streams” – SODAS
9) Documentarian Burns – KEN
DOWN
1) Closest pals, for short – BFFS
2) “No problems here!” – ALL OK
3) Shoe material in an Elvis – SUEDE
4) “That is to say …” – I MEAN
5) Tennis do-overs – LETS
This small puzzle does one thing twice and I don’t like, the little “phrases” like ALL OK and I MEAN that you are never going to guess from the clue alone. There are a lot of spices that could sub in for BASIL but I suppose none that go with the very obvious BFFS clue. I don’t understand the SODAS streams thing. What streams? I don’t understand this reference at all even if I got to the answer in the end.
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