In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:
Well it’s Saturday once again and I have returned, dearest readers, to help you solve another NYT Mini Crossword puzzle. Today I’ll hand out a few clues before I give out all the answers.
The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it’s free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you’ll need the app to tackle the archive.
CLUES
1 Across is also a word for a body part.
1 Down contains a stringed musical instrument that’s very large that you pluck with both hands.
5 Across rhymes with a tropical fruit.
2 Down is also something you’ll find in the hood of your car.
This should get you started. If you need specific words, answers to today’s Mini Crossword below . . . .
Spoilers ahead!
ACROSS
1- Beer foam — HEAD
5- Dance that it takes “two” to do — TANGO
6- Annoying thing to forget on a trip — CHARGER
8- Color associated with Barbie — HOTPINK
9- “For all ___ and purposes …” — INTENTS
10- Maryland governor Wes — MOORE
11- Cons’ counterparts — PROS
DOWN
1- Oldest monthly magazine in the U.S., launched in 1850 — HARPERS
2- Front car of a train — ENGINE
3- Athlete’s representative — AGENT
4- Nerds — DORKS
5- Body image? — TATTOO
6- Bonobo relative — CHIMP
7- Pay tribute to — HONOR
This was actually a very easy Mini Crossword despite having so many words. Saturday is usually a bit more challenging. Or I just lucked out knowing all of these and guessing correctly. All except for one rather massive brainfart that messed me up and made my time not so great. I entered MANGO instead of TANGO. In my brain, I thought TANGO but a funny thing happened on the way to the keyboard and somehow I plugged that in and went on my merry way. When I filled in MOORE and PROS at the end, I was confused when I got the “So Close” message. Was it not MOORE? I thought. What other name could Wes Mo_re be? It took me reading over the puzzle several times before it registered. MANGO! Mango? That’s not a dance, that’s a fruit you idiot! 2:16 but it should have been 1:30 for me today. C’est la vie.
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