In case you missed Sunday’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) “Be quiet!” – SHUSH
6) Light weight – OUNCE
7) Director for a Broadway production, perhaps? – USHER
8) Heavy, horned herbivore – RHINO
9) Calligrapher’s tool – PEN
DOWN
1) ___ grapes – SOUR
2) “Be quiet!” – HUSH
3) Socially square – UNHIP
4) Acting assignment in theater class – SCENE
5) Long-legged bird with an S-shaped neck – HERON
A bit of a theater theme today with a “director” for a play being an usher, and an acting assignment being a scene. Also shush and hush are both things you would say to loud people at a theater. I had a bit of trouble with the bird as I kept thinking ostrich or flamingo which are too long, or emu which is too short. I also thought of elephants or elk instead of a rhino at first. How did you do?
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