Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers For Saturday, August 30
In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
Time for a new Mini, though this time things have expanded beyond the usual 5×5 square for a larger puzzle. But first…
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) “Thanks, I ___ you one!” – OWE
4) Egg-laying mother – HEN
7) Plant with tart red stalks used in pie filling – RHUBARB
9) Proud father of daughters, in lingo – GIRLDAD
10) Tart-tasting beers – SOURS
11) Largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands – STCROIX
13) Wedding companion – PLUSONHE
14) “Mm-hmm” – YEP
15) Booker T. and the ___ – MGS
DOWN
1) Wikipedia’s URL ender – ORG
2) It might be blown in the fourth quarter – WHISTLE
3) Continent-wide soccer tournament, informally – EUROCUP
4) Wasn’t too full for dessert – HADROOM
5) Wiping, as a hard drive – ERASING
6) Texter’s “Don’t worry about it” – NDB
8) Fuzzy photo features – BLURS
11) Many a character on Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” or Netflix’s “Black Doves” – SPY
12) Crosses (out) – EXES
Big puzzle today, or at least as big as a Mini gets. I’m not sure I’ve seen one larger than a 7×7 grid, but I might be wrong. That’s 24 more spaces than our usual 5×5 grid! Anyway, the longer words make for trickier answers just like the big puzzle, so speed is not going to be your friend. The “blown in the fourth quarter” clue was the last one I got, which was now clever in hindsight. Also, this puzzle reminded me to rewatch Slow Horses again, and you should check it out if you haven’t.
Which of these clues tripped you up today?
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