In case you missed Tuesday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:
We’ve put up our Christmas tree and most of our holiday decorations, though we still have some work to do outside. It’s a lot of work getting everything decorated for the holidays, though I’m lucky my kids are old enough now to do a lot of that on their own. I’m also lucky to have kids who are so excited about the holidays because a lot of teenagers would not be this eager to help. In any case, the season really is upon us! Let’s solve this Mini Crossword!
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.
Answers to today’s Mini Crossword below . . . .
Spoilers ahead!
ACROSS
1 — “That’s my ___!” (“I LOVE that song!”) — JAM
4 — Jay who hosted “The Tonight Show” from 1992–2009 and 2010–14 — LENO
5 — Assassin skilled in martial arts — NINJA
6 — Element whose name is found in FARGO, ND — ARGON
7 — Boyfriends, quaintly — BEAUS
DOWN
1 — Game with a tower that topples — JENGA
2 — Green-skinned pear variety — ANJOU
3 — Sounds from a child after they’re told to turn off the TV, maybe — MOANS
4 — Currency replaced by the euro in Italy — LIRE
5 — Catch red-handed — NAB
All told, another pretty straightforward Mini that only caught me up a couple times. Mainly, I wasn’t sure what 7-Across was until I filled in other words, and I mistakenly input LIRA instead of LIRE for 4-down. Other than that, this was a pretty quick solve. It took me 1:25.
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