Mini Crossword

NYT

In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:

ForbesNYT Mini Crossword Today: Friday, April 17 Hints And AnswersBy Kris Holt

How to Play the NYT Mini

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):

NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers

ACROSS

1) What people pay Extra for? - GUM
4) Pre-meal prayer - GRACE
6) Physicist Bohr - NIELS
7) Line up a shot - AIM
8) Photo ___ (P.R. events) - OPS
10) "Zootopia," but not "Zoolander" - PGMOVIE
12) TV show with the initials "TV" - THEVIEW
13) New York Times game with weaving, interconnected answers - STRANDS

DOWN

1) More bleak - GRIMMER
2) Dubai’s country, for short - UAE
3) Nickname of Seth and Evan’s friend in "Superbad" - MCLOVIN
4) "See you in the mornin’!" - GNIGHT
5) Fancy term for "noticed" - ESPIED
7) Many N.Y.C. addresses: Abbr. - APTS
9) Uses a needle and thread - SEWS
11) Egg cells - OVA

Way back in the day, not only was Superbad the funniest movie I’d ever seen (starring a pre-multi-Oscar-nominee Emma Stone, no less), but I actually dressed up as McLovin for Halloween, complete with vest and I actually printed out his ID, so I sure was not going to miss that kind of clue here. What ever happened to that actor? Haven’t seen him in ages.

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