Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Tuesday, June 10th

In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:

Welcome back, Crosswordlers, to yet another Mini Crossword guide. It’s Tuesday and the weather is just fine. You really can’t beat June when it comes to weather, especially here in the mountains with all the rain we’ve been getting. It’s been just right. But before we enjoy that, let’s solve this puzzle shall we?

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! Here’s the first letter of each word.

Across

1A. Displays at a trailhead — starts with the first letter M

5A. Pulitzer-winning 2024 novel that reimagined “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Jim — starts with the first letter J

6A. Invader in a sci-fi movie — starts with the first letter A

7A. Thin strands — starts with the first letter W

8A. ‘Tude — starts with the first letter S

Down

1D. One of Michelle Obama’s daughters — starts with the first letter M

2D. A little out of whack — starts with the first letter A

3D. Marshmallow treats in Easter baskets — starts with the first letter P

4D. I.R.S. IDs — starts with the first letter S

5D. 1975 film with a 25-foot animatronic shark — starts with the first letter J

Spoilers ahead! Read on for all of today’s Mini Crossword answers.

Across

1A. Displays at a trailhead — MAPS

5A. Pulitzer-winning 2024 novel that reimagined “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Jim — JAMES

6A. Invader in a sci-fi movie — ALIEN

7A. Thin strands — WISPS

8A. ‘Tude — SASS

Down

1D. One of Michelle Obama’s daughters — MALIA

2D. A little out of whack — ASKew

3D. Marshmallow treats in Easter baskets — PEEPS

4D. I.R.S. IDs — SSNS

5D. 1975 film with a 25-foot animatronic shark — JAWS

Here are all the words on the grid:

The reason this took me 1:56 is I started plugging in the correct answers in the wrong spot. I did this twice, because apparently my brain isn’t working or something. I put JAWS into 4-Down and AMISS into 3-Down and then had to backtrack and fix everything. Overall, though, if you’re not plugging in the words into the wrong boxes, this wasn’t a terribly challenging Mini!

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