In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
We are continuing the trend of very short Mini puzzles this week. I mean, I know it’s the Mini, but these are Micro.
How to Play the NYT Mini
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.
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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) What Peter Pan teaches the Darling kids to do – FLY
4) Cover-up for a curse – BLEEP
6) Bird perched atop a cactus on Mexico’s flag – EAGLE
7) Go off, as a volcano – ERUPT
8) Short albums, for short – EPS
DOWN
1) Burning emergency signal – FLARE
2) Slight advantage, so to speak – LEGUP
3) Checks restaurant reviews on one’s phone, perhaps – YELPS
4) Spell-off – BEE
5) “What was the name of your first ___?” (common security question) – PET
Well, America may have laid claim to the eagle, but Mexico actually has one on their country flag, so who’s really the real winner there? For the security question, I definitely thought it was CAR, as I get asked that one a lot, but obviously PET was another one. MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME was not going to fit in those spaces, naturally.
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