NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Thursday, October 17
Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!
A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing solve attempt.
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Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today.
NYT Mini Crossword answers today
Across
- Human’s cousin – APE
- Word after party or prescription – DRUG
- With the circled letters (literally!), two options when riding an elevator – GOING
- Gobsmacks – AWES
- Show on which Bowen Yang plays J.D. Vance, for short – SNL
Down
- The Little Mermaid’s name – ARIEL
- Plays on words – PUNS
- ___+ flour = pasta dough – EGG
- OK (with), informally – DOWN
- Electric vehicle’s lack – GAS
