Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Saturday, July 26th

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

Forbes‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Friday, July 25By Paul Tassi

Well my dearest Crosswordlers, look who’s back. It’s me! I have returned for more Mini Crossword solving with you fine puzzle solvers. It’s Saturday, which means we have our most daunting Mini Crossword of the week to tackle. Let’s dive right in!

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. De bugs? – I

8A. Make funnier, as jokes – P

9A. “Life is like a box of chocolates,” for example – A

10A. Dot on a domino – P

11A. In an upbeat mood – C

15A. Important topic in sex education – C

16A. Leaves the Union – S

Down

1D. Hoppy order at a happy hour – I

2D. Convent member – N

3D. Tech company with a bright yellow color scheme and ghost logo – S

4D. Sun block? – E

5D. Like many ingredients in a Cobb salad – C

6D. Pull sharply – Y

7D. One with a secret identity – H

11D. Syringe amts. – CCS

12D. Garden tool with a long handle – HOE

13D. Opposite of WSW – ENE

14D. Certain football linemen: Abbr. – RTS

Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!

Across

1A. De bugs? – INSECTS

8A. Make funnier, as jokes – PUNCH UP

9A. “Life is like a box of chocolates,” for example – ANALOGY

10A. Dot on a domino – PIP

11A. In an upbeat mood – CHIPPER

15A. Important topic in sex education – CONSENT

16A. Leaves the Union – SECEDES

Down

1D. Hoppy order at a happy hour – IPA

2D. Convent member – NUN

3D. Tech company with a bright yellow color scheme and ghost logo – SNAP

4D. Sun block? – ECLIPSE

5D. Like many ingredients in a Cobb salad – CHOPPED

6D. Pull sharply – YANK

7D. One with a secret identity – HERO

11D. Syringe amts. – CCS

12D. Garden tool with a long handle – HOE

13D. Opposite of WSW – ENE

14D. Certain football linemen: Abbr. – RTS

So many words in this Mini, but fortunately I guessed a lot of the long ACROSS words pretty quickly. De bugs? confused me, but I tried INSECTS and it fit, so I rolled with it. ANALOGY fit in 9-Across (Thanks Forrest Gump!) and both CONSENT and SECEDES were pretty obvious. I worked my way back from there and pretty soon had the whole thing wrapped up, ending in PUNCHUP back at the top. This took me 1:48.

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