In case you missed Friday’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) Longtime first name in the House of Representatives – NANCY
6) Word that aptly fills in these blanks: S_ _rano’s p_ _form_nce – OPERA
7) Bad thing to go up without a paddle – CREEK
8) Assistant – AIDE
9) Toilet paper layer – PLY
DOWN
1) “For real!,” in popular slang – NOCAP
2) When Tax Day is – APRIL
3) Requiring a lot of attention – NEEDY
4) Indigenous people of Canada – CREE
5) Beast also known as a “grunting ox” – YAK
Well, I never thought I would see the day when “No cap” would be in a New York Times crossword puzzle, but here we are. If you are the type of person who looks up crossword puzzles answers, I imagine you might not have known that one. Otherwise, the Opera clue was clever. I thought it was Kree, not Cree, because I have been watching too many Marvel movies.
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