In case you missed Wednesday’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) Part of a fleet – SHIP
5) Answer to Gollum’s riddle in “The Hobbit,” which starts “This thing all things devours — birds, beasts, trees, flowers”- TIME
6) “See ya!” – LATER
7) Second-most popular girl’s name of the 2020s, after Olivia – EMMA
8) Not keeping secrets – OPEN
DOWN
1) Sticker on an envelope – STAMP
2) “I’d like another card,” in blackjack – HITME
3) “Uhh, that is to say …” – IMEAN
4) The “p” of m.p.h. – PER
6) Name taken by the new pope – LEO
Not the hardest puzzle today, but a few things tripped me up. I actually forgot the Pope’s new Pope name even though it just happened, but three letters can only hold you back for so long. I don’t remember the Gollum riddle from reading it a zillion years ago, but as a general riddle, pretty easy solve for TIME. The weirdest answer is I MEAN which I don’t think follows from the vague clue. I mean I can see it now as a stuttering phrase, but still, pretty odd.
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