The NYT Mini Crossword, a smaller and faster version of the renowned New York Times Crossword, challenges puzzle enthusiasts daily. This article provides a glimpse into the structure and content of the Mini Crossword. The Mini is featured in over 300 newspapers and online and can be played daily on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. The level of difficulty increases across the week.
The NYT Mini Crossword is designed to be accessible to a broader audience and offers a daily dose of wordplay fun. It utilizes a grid format and has clues in both across and down directions, presenting a unique challenge for solvers. You can start with simple hints or those based on common knowledge. Consider the letter intersections of existing answers to solve more complex clues.
Here are the solutions for today’s NYT Mini Crossword:
**Across:**
* 1A: National park in the Canadian Rockies – BANFF
* 6A: Elevator choice – FLOOR
* 7A: Means of transport in Seattle, San Francisco and New York – FERRY
* 8A: Unlikely chef in a 2007 Pixar film – RAT
* 9A: “Honor _ father …” – THY
**Down:**
* 1D: Closest pal, informally – BFF
* 2D: Text notification, e.g. – ALERT
* 3D: Jones who sang “Come Away With Me” – NORAH
* 4D: Number of thieves faced by Ali Baba – FORTY
* 5D: Loose item at the bottom of a fast-food bag, perhaps – FRY
The NYT introduced the Mini Crossword on August 24, 2014, as a way to provide a shorter, simpler, and more accessible daily puzzle. The puzzle has evolved since then.