Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Thursd, May 29
Mini Crossword
In case you missed Wednesday’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):
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NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) Language heard in Bangkok – THAI
5) Major brand of athletic shoes – ASICS
6) Language family that includes Swahili – BANTU
7) Language from which we get “pajama” and “khaki” – URDU
8) Small amount of Manhattan? – SIP
DOWN
1) Old Russian rulers – TSARS
2) Language that’s third in number of worldwide speakers, after English and Mandarin – HINDI
3) Misbehave – ACTUP
4) Sch. not far from Des Moines – ISU
5) ___ Dhabi – ABU’
Mini
Wow, well that was something else. This language-heavy puzzle will test your knowledge of that field pretty heavily, between BANTU, URDU and HINDI. I also apparently did not know how to spell ASICS as I definitely thought there was an E in there somewhere. I live in the Big 10 area but ISU escaped me regardless. The cutest clue was the Manhattan one as I was trying a bunch of three letter NYC terms (including, eventually, tip, which seemed like it would fit). Tough puzzle!
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