Today’s Extra Clues And Answers

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Screenshot of the NYT Mini Crossword main screen. Text reads "The Mini Crossword. Ready to start solving? Play."

Before we get to today’s NYT Mini crossword hints, clues and answers, here are Tuesday’s:

ForbesNYT Mini Hints For Tuesday, August 26: Today’s Extra Clues And AnswersBy Kris Holt

Wondering what a flip phone might be? Not sure what a reverse dunk is? Don’t worry, because I’m here to help you with extra hints and the answers for today’s NYT Mini crossword.

The NYT Mini is a quick version of the newspaper’s larger, long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five Mini 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.

Here are extra hints and the official NYT Mini Crossword clues and answers for Wednesday, August 27:

Spoilers lie ahead, so remember to scroll slowly:

NYT Mini Crossword Hints

NYT Mini Across Hints

1 Across: Everything

4 Across: _____ grrrl, a feminist punk movement

6, 8 and 9 Across: You might be looking at these the wrong way around

NYT Mini Down Hints

1 Down: R, in text speak

2 Down: The playable character in most Legend of Zelda games

3 Down: Bird that is found on the Canadian $1 coin. The coin is nicknamed after said bird

5 Down: Consequently; therefore

7 Down: Handheld computer, such as a Palm Pilot, that predated the smartphone and modern tablet

NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers

NYT Mini Across Answers

1 Across: How many roads lead to Rome, it’s said – ALL

4 Across: Total laughfest – RIOT

6 Across: Flip phone? – ENOHP

8 Across: Reverse dunk? – KNUD

9 Across: Ass-backwards? – SSA

NYT Mini Down Answers

1 Down: Where the Wild Things ___ – ARE

2 Down: Need for accessing an online meeting – LINK

3 Down: Birds that swim underwater to catch fish – LOONS

5 Down: “And so, as a result …” – THUS

7 Down: Park bench kissing and such, for short – PDA

Completed New York Times Mini crossword for Wednesday, August 27

Screenshot by Kris Holt

It took me 2:11 to complete today’s NYT Mini.

A very slow time for this one, but can you blame me? In hindsight, it was a fun gimmick with the reverse words but in the moment I hated it.

I managed to get ALL and RIOT, which helped me figure out ARE and LINK. It took a while for THUS to click, and the same went for PDA. I didn’t know LOONS, but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out the remaining letters. Finally, a closer look at “ass-backwards” revealed all. I’m mad, but I respect it.

See you tomorrow for more NYT Mini fun!

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