In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
It’s Saturday and you can wake yourself up with a quick Mini crossword to start the day today. 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) Stuff chewed by a cow – CUD
4) Bakery offerings – CAKES
6) Corporate makeover – REBRAND
8) 100% – ALL
9) “___ De Jing” (philosophical text) – DAO
10) Like restrictions you might mention to a waiter – DIETARY
12) Difficult shape for a mini golf hole – ANTHILL
13) Ah, this takes me back! – REVERSE
DOWN
1) What the Disney Channel and Golf Channel appear on – CABLETV
2) Kyiv’s land: Abbr. – UKR
3) Awkward silence in a broadcast – DEADAIR
4) Dion who performed atop the Eiffel Tower at the 2024 Olympics – CELINE
5) Responds in an aggressive and threatening tone – SNARLS
6) Weather-detecting technology – RADAR
7) Writer Arthur Conan ___ – DOYLE
11) The “t” of btw – THE
Interesting puzzle “shape” today with four full six letter words and the dot in the middle making three shorter ones. I had trouble with DAO De Jing and I thought REFVERSE was REVERIE which also fit but SNARLI is not a word, unless it’s a new alternate identity for Charli XCX.
Other than that, somewhat straightforward but I will admit some sections tripped me up here.
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