‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Friday, May 2

If you’re looking for the answers to the Wednesday, April 30 NYT Mini, those are here:

Forbes‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Thursday, May 1By Paul Tassi

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you’ll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.

The NYT Mini is a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I try to beat the standard weekday grid in less than a minute. But sometimes I can’t quite figure out one or two clues and need to reveal the answer.

To help you avoid doing that, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers (spoilers lie ahead, of course):

NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers

ACROSS

1) Do some legwork? – SQUAT
6) Deep, narrow valley – GULLY
7) Worn and shabby – TATTY
8) Word below “To” on a gift card – FROM
9) $2.90, for a N.Y.C. subway ride – FARE

DOWN

1) “___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” – SGT
2) Fancy word for “beverage” – QUAFF
3) Prefix with marathon for a race over 26.2 miles – ULTRA
4) Line memorizer – ACTOR
5) Herb often paired with rosemary THYME

Kind of a hard puzzle today if you ask me. Well, it would help if I knew how to spell gulch, which does not have a t in it, I have learned. I have never heard the word tatty before. Tattered, yes, so I see how it exists perhaps, but tatty? That’s not a thing. But I guess it is. Which of these tripped you up today?

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