In case you missed Saturday’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) Accessory for Babar, king of the elephants – CROWN
6) NATO alphabet letter that’s eight past Juliet – ROMEO
7) Shopping cart tally – ITEMS
8) One over par – BOGEY
9) Smallest animal in the Chinese zodiac – RAT
DOWN
1) A mobile might hang above one – CRIB
2) Palindromic helicopter part – ROTOR
3) ___-3 fatty acids – OMEGA
4) “No need to introduce us” – WEMET
5) Like someone who’s angling for all the juicy details – NOSY
Alright I gotta say this was one of the easier ones I’ve done in a long while. I think this took me 52 seconds, which it rare for me as I’m not usually an under-a-minute kind of guy. I got four of the five across words almost immediately, but ITEMS threw me off for a while as that did not easily come to mind. As ever I also struggle with the two-word ones like WE MET as those just don’t come to mind as easily. How did you do today?
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