Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Friday, July 11th

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ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Thursday, July 10thBy Erik Kain

Well my dearest Crosswordlers, Friday has come. The weekend is nearly here and this is my last guide for the next couple weeks. But I’ll be back! For now, let’s just dive right in and solve today’s Mini!

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. Helpful things – A

5A. Pale shade of yellowish-white – C

7A. Spiritual leader whose name translates to “my teacher” – R

8A. With 9-Across, parallel bars? – E

9A. See 8-Across – S

Down

1D. Units of farmland – A

2D. Dweller in the country where the Tigris and Euphrates meet – I

3D. Fix, as glitchy software – D

4D. Longtime Alabama football coach Nick – S

6D. $1,000,000, informally – M

Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!

Across

1A. Helpful things – AIDS

5A. Pale shade of yellowish-white – CREAM

7A. Spiritual leader whose name translates to “my teacher” – RABBI

8A. With 9-Across, parallel bars? – EQUAL

9A. See 8-Across – SIGN

Down

1D. Units of farmland – ACRES

2D. Dweller in the country where the Tigris and Euphrates meet – IRAQI

3D. Fix, as glitchy software – DEBUG

4D. Longtime Alabama football coach Nick – SABAN

6D. $1,000,000, informally – MILLY

Not a terribly difficult Mini today, though tricky enough to take me 1:26. Some of these I just didn’t think of—like AIDS, which makes me think of a sexually transmitted disease more than “helpful things”, or SABAN because I’m terrible with any sports-related clues. Others, like CREAM, I got lucky with. I like the clever 8 and 9 Across combo. SIGN is in yellow since it relies entirely on number nine to work, and the two kind of make the EQUAL SIGN (or “parallel bars”) when you look at them together.

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