In case you missed Thursday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
Time for the last Mini of the week before we head into the weekend, and I’d consider today’s about medium difficulty, depending on how you are with homophones.
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) Good ___, bad ___ (classic routine) – COP
4) Pick up on, as a sound – HEAR
5) Pick up on, as a vibe – SENSE
6) Actress Ana of “Ugly Betty” – ORTIZ
7) Not as much – LESS
DOWN
1) Homophone of 5-Across – CENTS
2) Fertile area in a desert – OASIS
3) Biden’s title, informally – PREZ
4) Homophone of 4-Across – HERE
5) Do, re, mi, fa, ___ … – SOL
A lot of linked clues today where you need to “pick up on” two things where HEAR was easy but SENSE-ing vibes was not exactly what came to mind immediately there. Then the homophones were HERE and CENTS so that’s essentially half the puzzle right there. I did not actually know who Ana ORTIZ is but I figured that was the last name eventually. I also could not remember the SOL line. I may have put LOL at one point.
Anyway, that’s all for me this week, see you in a bit.
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