Today’s Clues and Solutions for the NYT Mini Crossword on Saturday, July 5th

In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers For Friday, July 4By Paul Tassi

Another day, another Mini Crossword to solve. I’m back after a couple weeks off, and I’m a little late to this due to 4th of July festivities. So without further ado let’s solve this puzzle!

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

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

Across

1A. Blasts with unwanted messages – S

6A. Orderly assortment – A

7A. Its state mammal is the bison, and its state sport is rodeo – W

9A. “Let me think …” – H

10A. Hawaii’s Mauna ___ – L

11A. Shanghai-born N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer who stood at 7’6″ – Y

13A. Emotionless, as a gaze – S

14A. Another name for an earthquake – S

Down

1D. Lead a Catholic ceremony – S

2D. Hype up – P

3D. Place for Popeye’s anchor tattoo – A

4D. Ballots cast from home – M

5D. Thesaurus listing – S

7D. Alphabetically last of the “five W’s” – W

8D. Silly joke – G

12D. “Excusez-___!” – M

Okay, onto the answers!

Across

1A. Blasts with unwanted messages – SPAMS

6A. Orderly assortment – ARRAY

7A. Its state mammal is the bison, and its state sport is rodeo – WYOMING

9A. “Let me think …” – HMM

10A. Hawaii’s Mauna ___ – LOA

11A. Shanghai-born N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer who stood at 7’6″ – YAO MING

13A. Emotionless, as a gaze – STONY

14A. Another name for an earthquake – SEISM

Down

1D. Lead a Catholic ceremony – SAY MASS

2D. Hype up – PROMOTE

3D. Place for Popeye’s anchor tattoo – ARM

4D. Ballots cast from home – MAIL INS

5D. Thesaurus listing – SYNONYM

7D. Alphabetically last of the “five W’s” – WHY

8D. Silly joke – GAG

12D. “Excusez-___!” – MOI

This was a bit of a tricky one, but mostly because it was quite a few words and once you get one wrong, you have to work back to fix everything. Fortunately, with 7-Across there weren’t many options and plugging in WYOMING helped. Others like HMM and LOA and ARM and MOI were easy enough, and bit by bit I clawed my way to victory. It still only took 1:29.

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