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
- Gymnastics surfaces – MATTS
- They might be raised something exciting – HOPES
- More than enough – AMPLE
- Highway payment – TOLL
- Food for farm animals – HAY
Down
- Actor Jason of “Dune” – MOMOA
- Submit one’s resume – APPLY
- Poker player’s giveaway – TELL
- Direction that’s down and a little to the right: Abbr. – SSE
- “Hell __ no fury like …” – HATH