In case you missed Tuesday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
Once again, we have a very tiny Mini like we have all week, but I think this one is a little harder than the others.
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) Greyhound, e.g. – BUS
4) Passenger’s walkway on a 1- or 6-Across – AISLE
6) The Wolverine to Chicago’s Union Station, e.g. – TRAIN
7) Barely beat, with “out” – EDGED
8) “___ out!” (ump’s cry) – YER
DOWN
1) Feathered creature, in kid-speak – BIRDY
2) Electricity bill calculation – USAGE
3) More like a fox – SLIER
4) Past-tense verb that sounds like a number – ATE
5) Redundant word before “result” – END
We have a transportation theme today whether you’re taking a BUS or TRAIN or walking through the AISLE of either. There’s also an “out” bonus with EDGED out and YER out, a very…non-traditional spelling of that word that only umpires yell. SLIER was in the big puzzle this week so that one caught my eye. What did you struggle with?
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