Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 1 – CNET

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword Puzzle is an entertaining alternative. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old NYT Crossword, and you can probably solve it in a few minutes. But if you’re stuck, we have the answers.

The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. Our homepage always has the answers for Wordle, Connections and Strands too.

Let’s take a look at the Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini on clues and answers

1A clue: Score 100%.
Answer: ACE

4A clue: Word that can be directly translated into German as “glove”.
Answer: GLOVE

6A clue: The showers bring “May flowers”.
Answer: APRIL

7A designation: Hut.
Answer: SHELTER

8A clue: Not mainstream, genre-wise.
Answer: ALT

Mini Down Clues and Answers

1D clue: First letter of the Greek alphabet.
Answer: ALPHA

2D clue: Reef builder.
Answer: CORAL

3D clue: Kick out.
Answer: EVICT

4D Clue: It’s not helpful to be out in the middle of nowhere.
Answer: GAS

5D clue: Mammal with antlers in the Rocky Mountains.
Answer: ANY

How to play more Mini Crosswords?

The New York Times Games Section offers a large number of online games, but only a few of them are free for everyone to play. You can play today’s Mini Crossword for free, but you will need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.