In case you missed Thursday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
Time for a bit of mid-week puzzle solving, and the Mini today is going to have you literally looking down at your keyboard in an interesting twist for a few answers. But first:
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) Orion’s ___ (giant waist of space?) – BELT
5) Sides in a historic tennis “battle” – SEXES
6) You might really feel this in your core – PLANK
7) “___ well that ends well!”
8) W.S.J. or WaPo competitor – NYT
DOWN
1) What’s visible when wearing a crop top – BELLY
2) Glorify – EXALT
3) Monocle’s middle – LENS
4) “Shame, shame!” clicking sound – TSK
5) Reach across – SPAN
Not the hardest puzzle today but I appreciate they got their own name, NYT in there, which is funny. Battle of the SEXES may be sort of a generational thing but I’m still old enough to have gotten it. Nothing else was too much here and the clues kind of snowballed today. See you tomorrow!
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