In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
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):
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NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) Field trip vehicle – BUS
4) Peter’s antagonist, in a musical tale – WOLF
8) “Keep me posted,” in texts – LMK0
9) Opera solo – ARIA
10) ___Pen (emergency device) – EPI
11) With 12-Across, gets in order – SETS
12) With 14-Across, what a tennis champ might win a match in – STRAIGHT
14) See 12-Across – SETS
15) “A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away …” – AGO
16) Shy and gentle – MEEK
17) Prefix with apology or answer – NON
18) Comes to a close – ENDS
19) Have to pay – OWE
DOWN
1) “Goodness gracious!” – BLESSME
2) Indefinitely many, informally – UMPTEEN
3) Avoided, as an issue – SKIRTED
4) “Now, where ___?” – WAS I
5) Green topping at a pizza parlor – OREGANO
6) John who played Churchill on “The Crown” – LITHGOW
7) Sneaky trick to “pull” – FASTONE
13) Doesn’t just assume one has permission – ASKS
Very large Mini today, far from the usual 5×5 grids we often see. This time around there’s a tennis throughline, and I think the board is maybe sort of set up to look like nets? A bit? In any case, none of these were too bad on their own, but I did think the green stuff on pizzas was peppers because it fits in the space and can be…green. But it wasn’t “A long time ego” in a galaxy far, far away.
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