In case you missed Sunday’;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) What Jacuzzis, airports and the N.F.L. all have in common – JETS
5) Film franchise featuring Facehuggers – ALIEN
7) Use a loom – WEAVE
8) Threaded fastener – SCREW
9) Gets kissed by the sun – TANS
DOWN
1) Film that was the highest-grossing of all time before “Star Wars” was released – JAWS
2) Vote into office – ELECT
3) Headwear at a pageant – TIARA
4) Number used to spell “L” on a calculator – SEVEN
6) “I want the ___, not the weather” – NEWS
I thought this was relatively easy today as I mean, what other number are you going to use to spell L on a calculator, right? And I thought the rest of these weren’t bad. I did think that it was like, Casablanca that was the highest grossing film before Star Wars, but lord knows that wasn’t going to fit in there, so Jaws it is. I also thought threaded fastener was a zipper, but that didn’t fit. I also don’t think that’s what threaded means.
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