In case you missed Sunday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
We’ve got a little bit of a hard Mini on our hands today with a lot of two word answers to trip you up easily.
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):
ACROSS
- Door handle - KNOB
5) Talking about your ex on a first date, e.g. - NONO
6) Like some minds, martinis and money - DIRTY
7) "Should that be the case ..." - IFSO
8) Profound - DEEP
DOWN
- Butter ___ - KNIFE
2) Like the god Tyr, for whom Tuesday is named - NORSE
3) Winning - ONTOP
4) Reason for blue decorations at a baby shower, perhaps - BOY
6) Accomplished - DID
Tougher puzzle today, as clues like IF SO were not going to be the logical thing to leap to for something like that. Two word clues are hard as is, but we have a few of t hese. I thought five across was NO GO not NO NO and that really messed up ON TOP, which was another two word clue. I really do not like those and this puzzle was chock full of them. I did like the DIRTY money, martini and minds clue, however.
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