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In case you missed Tuesday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:
We’ve reached the middle of the work-week. Wednesday—or Odin’s Day, if you want to get to the meat of the word—cleaves the week in twain. And each day past Sunday, the NYT Mini Crossword gets a tiny bit more challenging, culminating in the big Saturday 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!
ACROSS
1- “T-t-t-turn up the heat!” — BRR
4- Like fare at a fair, fairly often — FRIED
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6- A complete unknown? — RANDO
7- A Rolling Stone? — ISSUE
8- Witch’s spell — HEX
DOWN
1- In-your-face assertive — BRASH
2- Help with the dishes — RINSE
3- Done again in a similar way — REDUX
4- The “F” of T.G.I.F.: Abbr. — FRI
5- Fawn’s mother — DOE
Today’s Mini
This was a tricky Mini, though I enjoyed the Bob Dylan references. Even the shorter ones were a bit tricky. BRR? That took me a spell. Fortunately, getting a couple later words like HEX and REDUX helped me work my way backward and I finished this in just under a minute. Just by a hair!
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