In case you missed Saturday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:
Another day, another Mini Crossword to solve! Saturday’s is always the biggest and most daunting crossword of the week, but oddly enough the New York Times releases the Sunday crossword on Saturday afternoon, giving puzzle-solvers even less time to solve the most challenging one. It’s peculiar, but here we are. Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is to solve puzzles. Let’s knock out 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!
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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. In addition – A
5A. Psithurism, n. “The sound of ___ rustling through the trees” – W
6A. Like scones and stoners – B
7A. Retail chain with an average store size of 300,000 square feet – I
8A. Work station – D
Down
1D. Up – A
2D. Social media currency – L
3D. Tiptoe around – S
4D. Like 2025, but not 2026 – O
6D. Contractor’s offer – B
Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!
Across
1A. In addition – ALSO
5A. Psithurism, n. “The sound of ___ rustling through the trees” – WIND
6A. Like scones and stoners – BAKED
7A. Retail chain with an average store size of 300,000 square feet – IKEA
8A. Work station – DESK
Down
1D. Up – AWAKE
2D. Social media currency – LIKES
3D. Tiptoe around – SKIRT
4D. Like 2025, but not 2026 – ODD
6D. Contractor’s offer – BID
I almost used PLUS for 1-Across, which would have been unfortunate since the ‘L’ might have thrown me off later, given it’s the same in both words. But I changed course and went with ALSO, and that really set me on the right path. 2-Across was clearly WIND and then I knocked out 1-Down (yes, “up” and AWAKE are the same in the right context) and 2-Down (LIKES are certainly the dreadful currency of social media) and three and four Down before knocking out DESK and IKEA and finally BAKED, for stoners eating scones. This went quick, and I had it wrapped in 1:03 today.
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