Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!
A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing solve attempt.
Just like our Wordle hints and Connections hints, we’re here to help with The Mini today if you’re stuck and need a little help.
Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today.
NYT Mini Crossword answers today
Across
- Someone for whom a velvet rope may be lifted, in brief – VIP
- Workplace with pickaxes – MINE
- Puff piece? – CIGAR
- Lose a staring contest – BLINK
- Parts of Crocs that say “crocs” on them – SOLES
Down
- Candlelight ceremony – VIGIL
- Totally harebrained – INANE
- Company car and a free gym membership, for example – PERKS
- Venus de ___ (sculpture) – MILO
- “60 Minutes” network – CBS