In case you missed Tuesday’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):
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NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) Sailboat’s post – MAST
5) “My ___ car is a …” (bumper sticker phrase) – OTHER
7) Official state mammal of Alaska and Maine – MOOSE
8) T-shirt size – SMALL
9) Defeat, as a dragon – SLAY
DOWN
1) Story time readers, perhaps – MOMS
2) There are roughly ten million billion (10^16) of these in a grain of salt – ATOMS
3) Sandbank – SHOAL
4) Automaker named after an inventor – TESLA
6) Count (on) – RELY
Short, easy puzzle today sticking to the 5×5 grid and giving us some easy ones like MAST, TESLA and the shirt size was either going to be SMALL or LARGE wasn’t it, for that space. I take offense to MOMS being story time readers as I do that as well, but nevertheless…
Speed run puzzle, how fast did you get it?
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