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) A 5-Across might be a wild one – CARD
5) One of two in a standard deck – JOKER
6) Homer called its oil “liquid gold” – OLIVE
7) Symbolic flower in Buddhism – LOTUS
8) Bunkers on a golf course – TRAPS
DOWN
1) Use crayons, e.g. – COLOR
2) Japanese dog breed – AKITA
3) Really energize – REVUP
4) Garment that may be strapless – DRESS
5) Sudden shock – JOLT
Our combo clue today is a reference to Jokers Wild, which everyone knows is a classic TV game show! Right? Well, it is. Besides that, AKITA and LOTUS were the only two things I had any remote association with those clues. I didn’t get TRAPS because I was too busy trying to extend sand into five letters. I guess Homer said olive oil was liquid gold? Not regular oil? I suppose they wouldn’t have figured that out back then.
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