Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for October 2 – CNET

Looking for the most recent Mini crossword answer? Click here for today’s mini crossword clues, as well as our daily answers and hints for the New York Times Wordle, Strands, and Connections puzzles.

The New York Times Crossword is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini crossword is a nice substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old-fashioned NYT Crossword, and you can probably complete it in a few minutes. But if you’re stuck, we have the answers. And if you could use some tips and guidance on your daily solving, check out our mini crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is far from the only one in the Times stable of games. 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 have a look at those mini crossword clues and answers.

Mini on clues and answers

1A clue: Noodle soup, the national dish of Vietnam
Answer: PHO

4A clue: absent-minded and unreliable
Answer: FLAKY

6A clue: like the silence in a horror movie, for example
Answer: VERY

7A clue: “Sorry, can you repeat that? I ___ listen”
Answer: WASN’T

8A clue: Language spoken in Bangkok
Answer: THAI

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Fold a kilt
Answer: PLEAT

2D clue: overly negative, as critical
Answer: HARD

3D clue: Hawaiian diacritic that resembles an apostrophe
Answer: OKINA

4D clue: Hardly
Answer: COUPLE

5D clue: Mythical mountain monster
Answer: YETI

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 everyone to play. You can play today’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.