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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. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.
The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.
Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword
Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Alternative to Saran wrap
Answer: FOIL
5A clue: Get on the nerves of
Answer: ANNOY
7A clue: Depart
Answer: LEAVE
8A clue: Highway divisions
Answer: LANES
9A clue: Winter holiday gift that’s hard to wrap
Answer: SLED
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Niagara attraction … whose last letter can be moved to the end of 7-Across to spell two timely words
Answer: FALLS
2D clue: Basketball star who co-hosts the ABC game show “Lucky 13”
Answer: ONEAL
3D clue: Silly as all get-out
Answer: INANE
4D clue: Gave a ❤️ in a text thread
Answer: LOVED
6D clue: “Of course!”
Answer: YES
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.