Farewell, September. Hello, October. The days and weeks and months keep flying by, but some things never change: We have our Wordles and Pips and Mini Crosswords to solve. Let’s solve today’s Mini!
Looking for yesterday’s NYT Mini Crossword? Check out our hints and answers right here.
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!
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. Exclamation made with a shiver — B
- 4A. Putt ’er there! — G
- 6A. “___ gotta be kidding me!” — Y
- 7A. Negative attribute, so to speak — M
- 8A. Got some shut-eye — S
Down
- 1D. Oven button with a “high” or “low” setting — B
- 2D. Get together again, like alumni — R
- 3D. Make go “Vroom!” — R
- 4D. Spots where you might spot some spotters — G
- 5D. Egg container — N
Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!
Across
- 1A. Exclamation made with a shiver — BRR
- 4A. Putt ’er there! — GREEN
- 6A. “___ gotta be kidding me!” — YOU’VE
- 7A. Negative attribute, so to speak — MINUS
- 8A. Got some shut-eye — SLEPT
Down
- 1D. Oven button with a “high” or “low” setting — BROIL
- 2D. Get together again, like alumni — REUNE
- 3D. Make go “Vroom!” — REV UP
- 4D. Spots where you might spot some spotters — GYMS
- 5D. Egg container — NEST
Here are the filled in answers:
I got a little sidetracked today while playing and ran up the clock a bit, but I was also tired from a long day and this was a surprisingly tricky little Mini. Some of these were strange, like 4-Across which I read as “Put ‘er there” not “Putt” and 3-Down — REUNE is just a strange version of reunion. I also sometimes forget to pay attention to tense, so I plugged in SLEEP instead of SLEPT at first. But I got there — eventually — with a 2:23 time. Ouch.
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