Looking for help with today’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the puzzle.

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I still find it kind of funny that the Sunday Mini Crossword kicks off halfway through Saturday. I guess it’s because the Saturday edition is even more challenging if we have less time to complete it. It’s a race against the clock! The Sunday edition is loads easier, but just because there are fewer words to solve doesn’t mean they can’t be tricky.

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Looking for yesterday’s NYT Mini Crossword? Check out our hints and answers right here.

The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it’s free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you’ll need the app to tackle the archive.

Spoilers ahead!

How To Solve Today’s Mini Crossword

Hints and Clues

We’ll start with some extra hints and clues for today’s Mini Crossword, then move on to the first letter of each word and finally the answers below that. Buckle up!

Across

1A. Fast-food chain that sells 50-piece nuggets – Fried in the South.

4A. Circle above an angel’s head – Xbox first-person-shooter.

5A. Queen or king – Poker’s better flush.

6A. Separately – I can’t stand it when we’re “____”

7A. Karaoke bar accessories – Sing into them.

Down

1D. Lake craft with a palindromic name – Also a travel website.

2D. Distress signal for a broken-down car – Fire in the sky.

3D. Indianapolis N.F.L. team – Little horses.

4D. Indigenous people of Arizona – Rearrange yesterday’s 6-Down.

5D. Hard-headed animal – Also a truck.

Before we get to the answers, here’s the first letter for each word in today’s Mini.

Across

1A. – K

4A. – H

5A. – R

6A. – A

7A. – M

Down

1D. – K

2D. – F

3D. – C

4D. – H

5D. – R

Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!

Across

1A. Fast-food chain that sells 50-piece nuggets – KFC

4A. Circle above an angel’s head – HALO

5A. Queen or king – ROYAL

6A. Separately – APART

7A. Karaoke bar accessories – MIKES

Down

1D. Lake craft with a palindromic name – KAYAK

2D. Distress signal for a broken-down car – FLARE

3D. Indianapolis N.F.L. team – COLTS

4D. Indigenous people of Arizona – HOPI

5D. Hard-headed animal – RAM

Not quite as quick as yesterday’s Mini, but also not too bad. My problem wasn’t with the words, it was with me being stupid. I read the wrong “Down” for 5-down and thought that was supposed to be a palindrome. RAR made no sense and didn’t fit at all. RIKES aslo has nothing to do with karaoke. Once I’d gotten that sorted, I finished the Mini in 1:11. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

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