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
- Spill the beans – BLAB
- Brid that has been used by the Dutch police to take down illegal drones – EAGLE
- Online shopping – ETAIL
- With 3-Down, “Nope, try another guess!” – THINK
- Schedule __(modern email button) – SEND
Down
- Root veggies in borscht – BEETS
- Carpenter’s shaping tool – LATHE
- See 8-Across – AGAIN
- Like three mice in a nursery rhyme – BLIND
- Big beast in Banff National Park – ELK