In case you missed Tuesday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:
I’m a little late to this NYT Mini Crossword guide because they only become available to play at 7pm PT the evening before and that’s the exact time my son and I went to an early showing of the new Superman movie! It’s all in the timing. The good news is that I’ll have a review of James Gunn’s film up here on this blog very soon.
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. Subsides like the tide – E
5A. Leggings lead-in to “lemon” – L
6A. Poet Robert with a “cool” last name – F
8A. Manhattan neighborhood near the East Village – N
9A. Quick joyride – S
Down
1D. Fairylike figure of folklore – E
2D. Poet Robert with a “hot” last name – L
3D. Weakly hit fly ball – B
4D. Food made using a bamboo mat known as a “makisu” – S
7D. Quite the heavy weight – O
Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!
Across
1A. Subsides like the tide – EBBS
5A. Leggings lead-in to “lemon” – LULU
6A. Poet Robert with a “cool” last name – FROST
8A. Manhattan neighborhood near the East Village – NOHO
9A. Quick joyride – SPIN
Down
1D. Fairylike figure of folklore – ELF
2D. Poet Robert with a “hot” last name – LOWELL
3D. Weakly hit fly ball – BLOOP
4D. Food made using a bamboo mat known as a “makisu” – SUSHI
7D. Quite the heavy weight – OAF
I got off to a good start on this one, knocking out EBBS, LULU and FROST pretty quickly and filling in ELF in the process. FROST isn’t really “hot” but it was the first Robert poet I could think of, and it worked. I thought I had entered the wrong word entirely when I got to 2-Down and another “hot” Robert, but this one was Robert BURNS which makes more sense for a “hot” name. I knew SUSHI but my baseball knowledge prevented me from getting BLOOP until I’d grabbed NOHO and SPIN. But I accidentally typed in NOHH and that screwed up TON and confused me for a second. This one took me 1:20.
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