‘NYT Mini' Clues And Answers For Thursday, July 24
Looking for the answers to Wednesday's NYT Mini? Check them out here:\
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):
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NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) Overhead tennis shot - SMASH
6) Dish over which Lady and Tramp share a kiss - PASTA
7) How some solve print crosswords - ININK
8) Work with dough - KNEAD
9) The Bronx Bombers, informally- YANKS
DOWN
1) Like hair in a mohawk, often - SPIKY
2) Miraculous "bread from heaven" in the Book of Exodus - MANNA
3) Colorado ski town - ASPEN
4) Entrée that comes with its own knife - STEAK
5) They have five digits each, typically - HANDS
Mini
It's a complete 5x5 grid today, and with that comes a lot of mixing and matching to get things just right. I messed up for about three minutes because I had spiky as spike. I also had overhand tennis shot as 'server' which fit, and also started with an S, but alas, that clearly did not work out. The tricky one today may be the only one about the actual puzzle, in ink. We are doing these puzzles in the equivalent of pencil, given that we can erase and retry at will.
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