Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 2 – 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: Orion’s ___ (a giant waist of space?)
Answer: BELT

5A clue: Parties in a historic tennis “battle”.
Answer: SEX

6A tip: You may really feel this in your core.
Answer: SHELF

7A clue: “___ well, that ends well!”
Answer: EVERYTHING

8A clue: WSJ or WaPo competitor.
Answer: News from the New York Times

Mini Down Clues and Answers

1D Clue: What’s Visible When You Wear a Crop Top?
Answer: BELLY

2D clue: Glorify.
Answer: ELEVATE

3D clue: Monocle’s center.
Answer: LENS

4D clue: “Shame, shame!” click sound.
Answer: TSK

5D cue: Reach forward.
Answer: SPAN

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.