In case you missed Wedensday’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) Breathable shorts fabric – MESH
5) World’s second-largest metropolis by population, after Tokyo – DELHI
6) It doesn’t get any better than this! – IDEAL
7) With 8-Across, Hanukkah duration – EIGHT
8) See 7-Across – DAYS
DOWN
1) TV, radio, newspapers, social channels, etc. – MEDIA
2) Poem of mourning – ELEGY
3) “___ of Sunset” (2010s Bravo show) – SHAHS
4) Gripped part of a sword – HILT
5) Went to 0%, as a battery – DIED
Christmas is over and it’s now time for 20% of the puzzle to switch to Hanukkah instead, so hopefully you knew how long it was. Other than that, I saw the populous city ended in I, and I thought of Delhi and Delhi only which worked out. You might say it was Ideal. Ten years of Game of Thrones prepared me for Hilt, and from there, I was good to go.
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