In case you missed Sunday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
Another weirdly small and easy Mini today. What’s going on?
How to Play the NYT Mini
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) Prefix for some music genres – ALT
4) Fab ___ (nickname for the Beatles) – FOUR
6) Eagle’s claw – TALON
8) Fab ___ (nickname for a noted University of Michigan basketball team) – FIVE
9) Congregant’s seat – PEW
DOWN
1) Boat’s rear – AFT
2) Shape of a cat with its legs tucked under itself – LOAF
3) Flower that’s the subject of Dutch festivals – TULIP
5) Wander aimlessly – ROVE
7) Like many shows at the top of the Netflix queue – NEW
NYT is really loving these insanely short mini puzzles right now, where we are probably getting down to the minimum amount of letters you can have for these. On days like today I wonder if it’s even worth doing a guide when there are literally 20 total letters in the entire puzzle, and not terribly difficult clues.
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