‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Saturday, September 20
In case you missed Friday’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):
NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) Small woodwind in a military band – FIFE
5) Made cow sounds – MOOED
6) Made cat sounds – MEOWED
7) With 1-Down, annual activity with a draft – FOOTBALL
8) Someone who wasn’t named a Pro Bowler, but should have been – SNUB
9) Hot sauce that comes in tiny bottles – TABASCO
13) Watchful of imminent danger – ONALERT
14) Multi-part sports bets – PARLAYS
DOWN
1) See 7-Across – FANTASY
2) Its capital is Des Moines – IOWA
3) Extra charges for ticket purchases – FEES
4) Swirl of water – EDDY
5) Row of options on a computer screen – MENUBAR
6) Tomorrow, in Spanish – MANANA
7) Camera setting that adjusts the size of the aperture – FSTOP
10) “… from ___ to shining ___” – SEA
11) Shed tears – CRY
12) Periods after fourth quarters, in brief – OT
Very big puzzle for the mini today with a few tricky answers, like needing to know what FSTOP is in order to get the first letter of five other clues. I didn’t, so I got the other clues first. I was also tricked by the cat and cow pair as I thought they were being less literal than the past tense version of each sound, but well-played I suppose.
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