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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.
New York Times Mini Crossword completed puzzle for August 4, 2024.
Mini on clues and answers
1A clue: The first blank space in this sentence: From ___ to ___.
Answer: HEAD
5A clue: “The Hobbit” hobbit.
Answer: BILBO
6A clue: A 16th seed beats a 1st seed, for example
Answer: ANGRY
7A clue: Feelings of ill will.
Answer: RESENTMENT
8A clue: The second blank in this sentence: From ___ to ___.
Answer: TOE
Mini Down Clues and Answers
1D designation: A creature that can hold its breath underwater for up to 30 minutes.
Answer: HIPPO
2D clue: Name that sounds like the twelfth and third letters of the alphabet.
Answer: ELSIE
3D Clue: Help solve a crime.
Answer: ABET
4D clue: Pour love (on).
Answer: DOTE
5D Clue: Opposite of Bull, on Wall Street
Answer: BUST
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.
