In case you missed Thursday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:
Well my dearest Crosswordlers, Friday has come. The weekend is nearly here and this is my last guide for the next couple weeks. But I’ll be back! For now, let’s just dive right in and solve today’s Mini!
The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it’s free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you’ll need the app to tackle the archive.
Spoilers ahead!
How To Solve Today’s Mini Crossword
Before we get to the answers, here’s the first letter for each word in today’s Mini.
Across
1A. Helpful things – A
5A. Pale shade of yellowish-white – C
7A. Spiritual leader whose name translates to “my teacher” – R
8A. With 9-Across, parallel bars? – E
9A. See 8-Across – S
Down
1D. Units of farmland – A
2D. Dweller in the country where the Tigris and Euphrates meet – I
3D. Fix, as glitchy software – D
4D. Longtime Alabama football coach Nick – S
6D. $1,000,000, informally – M
Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!
Across
1A. Helpful things – AIDS
5A. Pale shade of yellowish-white – CREAM
7A. Spiritual leader whose name translates to “my teacher” – RABBI
8A. With 9-Across, parallel bars? – EQUAL
9A. See 8-Across – SIGN
Down
1D. Units of farmland – ACRES
2D. Dweller in the country where the Tigris and Euphrates meet – IRAQI
3D. Fix, as glitchy software – DEBUG
4D. Longtime Alabama football coach Nick – SABAN
6D. $1,000,000, informally – MILLY
Not a terribly difficult Mini today, though tricky enough to take me 1:26. Some of these I just didn’t think of—like AIDS, which makes me think of a sexually transmitted disease more than “helpful things”, or SABAN because I’m terrible with any sports-related clues. Others, like CREAM, I got lucky with. I like the clever 8 and 9 Across combo. SIGN is in yellow since it relies entirely on number nine to work, and the two kind of make the EQUAL SIGN (or “parallel bars”) when you look at them together.
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