The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old-school NYT Crossword, and you probably can complete it in a couple of minutes. But if you’re stuck, we’ve got the answers.
The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. Our home page also always has the answers for Wordle, Connections and Strands.
Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: World capital with a museum dedicated entirely to pasta.
Answer: ROME
5A clue: Console for the game Halo.
Answer: XBOX
6A clue: Number of degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle.
Answer: SIXTY
8A clue: Inflatable bike part
Answer: TIRE
9A clue: Spot in Congress.
Answer: SEAT
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Prescriptions, for short.
Answer: RXS
2D clue: “In memoriam” pieces.
Answer: OBITS
3D clue: Spunk.
Answer: MOXIE
4D clue: For an additional cost.
Answer: EXTRA
7D clue: “You ain’t seen nothing ___!”
Answer: YET
How to play more Mini Crosswords
The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.