Mini Crossword
NYT Mini Clues and Answers 12/25/2023
ACROSS 1 Obi-Wan Kenobi or Luke SkywalkerJEDI 5 “Yes! We’re ___” (store sign)OPEN 6 Natural talentsGIFTS 8 Innermost layer of EarthCORE 9 Rush-hour rarity on the subwaySEAT DOWN 1 Do some light cardioJOG 2 Grand storiesEPICS 3 Daniel who wrote “Robinson Crusoe”DEFOE 4 Lead-in to muralINTRA 7 Director’s workplaceSET ...
NYT Mini Clues and Answers 12/24/2023
ACROSS 1 Chinese steamed bunBAO 4 Who you see in the mirrorSELF 5 Elf on the ___ (Christmas tradition depicted by this puzzle)SHELF 6 Having a nice breeze running throughAIRY 7 Feature of a maps appGPS DOWN 1 Koozies keep them coolBEERS 2 L.G.B.T.Q. supporterALLY 3 Not quite rightOFF 4 Cruise vesselSHIP 5 Sink ...
NYT Mini Clues and Answers 12/23/2023
ACROSS 1 Family guyDAD 4 Not half badSOLID 6 DC superhero who rules over AtlantisAQUAMAN 8 Give a massageRUB 9 “Ay, dios ___!”MIO 10 “Mr. Brightside” band, with “The”KILLERS 12 Sweetheart, informallyDEARY 13 ___ and downsUPS DOWN 1 WDOUBLEU 2 Pie ___ modeALA 3 Light switch knobsDIMMERS 4 Sea creature that can change color to camouflageSQUID ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Solutions 12/22/2023
ACROSS 1 “Just so you know …”FYI 4 It travels through air at roughly 1,125 feet per secondSOUND 6 KookyWACKY 7 Show hostEMCEE 8 DownSAD DOWN 1 Gets frothyFOAMS 2 The Joshua tree is actually this kind of plantYUCCA 3 Signed, as a contractINKED 4 Greta Thunberg’s home country: Abbr.SWE 5 What makes a ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/21/2023
ACROSS 1 Small skin openingPORE 5 Butter + flour sauceROUX 6 Like the calories from candy and sodaEMPTY 8 Home of Machu PicchuPERU 9 Messy pileHEAP DOWN 1 Lead-in to natal or nuptialPRE 2 Energy, informallyOOMPH 3 Currency of IndiaRUPEE 4 What guacamole often costs, when ordering a burritoEXTRA 7 “You’re right about that”YUP ...
NYT Mini Answers 12/20/2023
ACROSS 1 Time’s 2023 Person of the YearSWIFT 6 Outdoor grilling areaPATIO 7 Athlete’s representativeAGENT 8 What surrounds Vatican CityROME 9 The only consonants in “non-union”ENS DOWN 1 Royal memoir that was the best-selling nonfiction book of 2023SPARE 2 Station ___ (kind of car)WAGON 3 ThingsITEMS 4 “Be that way!”FINE 5 Little kidTOT ...
NYT Mini Answers 12/19/2023
ACROSS 1 Instruction when paying with a chip-based credit cardTAP 4 Three-piece bandTRIO 5 Layer beneath a hoodieSHIRT 6 Really acts (it up)HAMS 7 Belonging to that guyHIS DOWN 1 Cuts off a bit of hair … as seen in the circled letters?TRIMS 2 Puts on TVAIRS 3 Something placed under a ...
NYT Mini Answers 12/18/2023
ACROSS 1 What roosters do at sunriseCROW 5 Nat King Cole classic that starts “L is for the way you look at me”LOVE 6 Spoil in the fridgeGOBAD 7 MaleficentEVIL 8 Telescope partLENS DOWN 1 Piece of garlicCLOVE 2 Comic actor WilliamsROBIN 3 Shapes of some mirrorsOVALS 4 Tie the knotWED 6 Get along ...
NYT Mini Crossword Answers 12/17/2023
ACROSS 1 Something needed for a game of cricket … or an animal that eats crickets BAT 4 They’re found at the back of an alley PINS 5 Macy’s employee in “Miracle on 34th Street” SANTA 6 Fleece-lined boots UGGS 7 Spelling ___ BEE DOWN 1 Watch episode after episode ...
NYT Mini Answers 12/16/2023
ACROSS 1 Goldendoodle, e.g .DOG 4 Italian city that anagrams to NO AGEGENOA 6 Flaky white fish TILAPIA 8 What the answer to this clue is not (it’s two!) ONEWORD 9 Changed, as DNA MUTATED 10 Animal hides PELTS 11 Blue above you SKY DOWN 1 Backspaces, e.g. DELETES 2 Out touring the ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/15/2023
ACROSS 1 Scrollable part of social media FEED 5 Little bit of snow FLURRY 7 Detective ___ Briscoe, 12-season character on “Law and Order” LENNIE 8 First clothing to put on, informally UNDIES 9 Big name in headphones BOSE DOWN 1 They might be mutual for bankers FUNDS 2 “Sesame Street” ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/14/2023
ACROSS 1 “That’s my ___” (“I love that song!”) JAM 4 Exercise done with one’s forearms touching the ground PLANK 7 Spooky EERIE 8 Persistently question GRILL 9 Having a sharp incline STEEP DOWN 1 Digital image files JPEGS 2 At the ready ALERT 3 Organizing expert Kondo MARIE 5 Where baby Moses ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/13/2023
ACROSS 1 U.S. territory in the Pacific OceanGUAM 5 “Go back,” on a computerUNDO 6 King with a golden touchMIDAS 8 Fish that can weigh more than a horseTUNA 9 Unwanted emailSPAM DOWN 1 Eclipse or OrbitGUM 2 Army subdivisionsUNITS 3 Make senseADDUP 4 Disney title character who sings “How Far I’ll Go”MOANA ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/12/2023
ACROSS 1 Card game that looks like the opposite of 4-Across?UNO 4 “That’s no surprise to me”IKNOW 6 ErroneousFALSE 7 In the musical “Wicked,” what Elphaba does for the first time during “Defying Gravity”FLIES 8 Up to this pointYET DOWN 1 DarkUNLIT 2 Elephant’s trunk, essentiallyNOSE 3 Needs to payOWES 4 DoubtfulIFFY 5 Leafy ...
NYT Crossword Solutions 12/12/23
NYT ACROSS CLUES 1 Paper size longer than letterLEGAL 6 Letter between Whiskey and Yankee in the NATO alphabetXRAY 10 ___ melt (sandwich)TUNA 14 Start of a serialPARTI 15 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” singer/lyricistBONO 16 Start and end of every row in Pascal’s triangleONES 17 Crotchety geezer ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Solutions 12/11/2023
ACROSS 1 Garbage container, or something for the recyclingCAN 4 “What a silly goose!”OHYOU 6 Weight-loss schemesDIETS 7 Club for theater loversDRAMA 8 Opposite of post-PRE DOWN 1 Reply to a tweet?CHIRP 2 AnnuallyAYEAR 3 “I would never!”NOTME 4 Not evenODD 5 Springsteen’s “Born in the ___”USA ...
NYT Mini Crossword Answers 12/10/2023
ACROSS 1 Classics on a brunch menuEGGS 5 Hotel bookingROOM 6 One might go “Beep, boop, beep, boop”ROBOT 8 Japanese rice wineSAKE 9 Home to Adam and EveEDEN DOWN 1 Make a mistakeERR 2 Mother ___ of nursery rhymesGOOSE 3 Become rottenGOBAD 4 What you might smell like after sitting around a campfireSMOKE ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/09/2023
ACROSS 1 Wrap worn by ancient RomansTOGA 5 Gets a layup or a touchdownSCORES 7 Stinging insect found in the southern U.S.FIREANT 8 Mens ___ (legal concept)REA 9 Federal medical research agcy.NIH 10 Fashionable, from the FrenchENVOGUE 12 Reptiles that look like their first and last letters?SNAKES 13 They can hide bad ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/08/2023
ACROSS 1 Brand that makes Milky Way candy bars, apt given its space-related nameMARS 5 Season 1, Episode 1PILOT 6 Last letter of the Greek alphabetOMEGA 7 Baking appliance that comes with whisksMIXER 8 Lasting mark from an injurySCAR DOWN 1 ImpersonateMIMIC 2 Wake word for an Amazon deviceALEXA 3 Movie critic ...
NYT Mini Puzzle Answers 12/07/2023
ACROSS 1 Shady, in modern lingoSUS 4 In 1992, this overtook Italian as the most popular salad dressing in the U.S.RANCH 6 End of a fire … and also the end of two cold months?EMBER 7 Planet orbitersMOONS 8 Chopping toolAXE DOWN 1 Striped Girl Scout cookieSAMOA 2 Take out of ...
