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) Alternatives to Macs – PCS
4) Mountains on the Swiss Miss logo – ALPS
6) They hit the books – NERDS
8) They bit the hooks – FISH
9) “Don’t be that ___!” – GUY
DOWN
1) Pot’s flatter counterpart – PAN
2) Symbol on a music staff – CLEF
3) Thyme piece – SPRIG
5) Sch. two hours south of U.C.L.A. – SDSU
7) Unlikely to approach a stranger at a party – SHY
Generally a pretty easy puzzle I thought, minus a few answers I didn’t know right away. NERDS was the last word I got because “hit the books” could mean like 50 different things in different context, and I guess we’re going back to like, very basic classifications of people for that. I don’t know anything about Thyme but SPRIG was easy to fill in the blanks for. I did not know SDSU was two hours south of LA but I do now, I guess. How did you do?
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