Wondering what a reggae relative is? Not sure what an iOS alternative is? Not to worry, because I’m here to help you with the answers for today’s NYT Mini crossword.
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 often larger at the weekends.
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 subscriptioto 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 for Saturday, July 20 (spoilers lie ahead, of course):
NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
Across
1 Across clue: Reggae relative
4 Across clue: Repeat a mantra during meditation
6 Across clue: Perform better than
7 Across clue: Collaboration that yields more than the sum of its parts
9 Across clue: Exercise practiced in a steamy room
10 Across clue: Had a nosh
11 Across clue: Feeling poorly
12 Across clue: Pre-___ (undergrad track)
13 Across clue: Letter that’s silent – and then not silent – in “Wednesday”
Down
1 Down clue: Pushed out of the way
2 Down clue: Actress Sagal
3 Down clue: iOS alternative
4 Down clue: Wile E., in the Looney Tunes cartoons
5 Down clue: Flip on or off, as a switch
7 Down clue: It’s totally fake
8 Down clue: Ivy League school in Connecticut
It took me 1:11 to complete today’s NYT Mini.
My strategy with the Mini is to skip to the next clue if I don’t get the answer quickly. So I skipped the first few across clues until I got to HOT YOGA. I was able to complete the remaining Across clues before switching to the Down ones.
1 Down wasn’t immediately clear, but I got the others fairly rapidly. That helped me figure out the first four Across clues to wrap up a victory.
If you need some help with Sunday’s NYT Mini, make sure to check out my blog. Meanwhile, if you play other NYT games such as Wordle, Connections and Strands, be sure to check out Forbes Games for our guides to each daily puzzle.
The NYT Mini is a new daily guide that we’re working on. We’re figuring out the best format and what exactly you’d like to see in it, so if you have any suggestions (perhaps you’d like additional hints for extra tricky clues before seeing all the answers), let me know via email.
