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
- Word after “cheap as” or “old as” – DIRT
- Sean ___, director who won four Oscars for “Anora” – BAKER
- “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” musical – ANNIE
- Pastry at a tea shop – SCONE
- Works on a quilt, perhaps – SEWS
Down
- “Never give a sword to a man who can’t ___”: Confucius – DANCE
- “You don’t need to tell me!” – IKNOW
- Straps for a horseback rider – REINS
- One might be shady – TREE
- Big Mouth Billy ___ (singing animatronic fish) – BASS