If you’re looking for the answers for the NYT Mini Saturday, April 26 puzzle, those are 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):
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NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) Chef’s creation – DISH
5) Iconic Madonna hit of 1990 – VOGUE
6) Section of a tennis court used when playing doubles – ALLEY
7) State of mind – MOOD
8) Not amateur – PRO
DOWN
1) Rarely-used word meaning “sadness” – DOLOR
2) Snow place like home? – IGLOO
3) Went after in court – SUED
4) “Yo” – HEY
5) Fill time on stage – VAMP
Decently tough puzzle today with probably the most random word I’ve ever heard, Dolor, to the point where I had to look up the exact definition which is:
A state of great sorrow or distress. “they squatted, hunched in their habitual dolor.”
That’s some Dostoevsky stuff right there. Nothing else compares to that in this puzzle as you’re going to know one of Madonna’s biggest hits because “Like a Virgin” sure doesn’t fit in these spaces.
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