In case you missed Tuesday’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) Chromebooks, but not MacBooks – PCS
4) “Yippee!” – WAHOO
6) Reveal, as juicy gossip – SPILL
7) With 2-Down, chef who helped popularize chicken cordon bleu in the U.S. – JULIA
8) Toss in – ADD
DOWN
1) ___ New Guinea – PAPAU
2) See 7-Across – CHILD
3) State of matter for most elements at room temperature – SOLID
4) Business-focused newspaper, for short – WSJ
5) Hello, in Portuguese – OLA
I have no idea how I knew that Julia Child made chicken cordon bleu, but I also don’t know that many chefs that old who would have invented a common dish like that. So she came to mind. Besides that, we learned a little geography, languages and physics. And the NYT was even forced to put WSJ in its own puzzle.
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