Answers for today’s NYT Mini Crossword are just ahead.
In case you missed Saturday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
Wondering what a stock market pessimist is? Not sure what messy people love? Don’t worry, because I’m here to help you with some hints and the answers for today’s NYT Mini crossword.
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.
To help you avoid getting stuck and having to reveal missing letters, here are the NYT Mini Crossword hints and answers for Sunday, March 30.
Spoilers lie ahead, so remember to scroll slowly:
NYT Mini Crossword Hints
NYT Mini Across Hints
1 Across: They’re easy as 1-2-3… plus one more
5 Across: Like Yogi and Baloo
6 Across: Original production company behind Power Rangers (sorry, I’ve got nothing else for this one!)
8 Across: In “Bohemian Rhapsody,” she’d just killed a man
9 Across: thick, flat piece of concrete or bacon
NYT Mini Down Hints
1 Down: An anti-lock braking system
2 Down: Bright narrow cone of light, such as from flashlights or spotlights
3 Down: A club or group, such as a bunch of artists
4 Down: The other side of comedy
7 Down: Catch a criminal
NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
NYT Mini Across Answers
1 Across: Four before E – ABCD
5 Across: Stock market pessimist – BEAR
6 Across: Nick ___, college football great with seven national titles – SABAN
8 Across: Early word for many babies – MAMA
9 Across: Piece of marble – SLAB
NYT Mini Down Answers
1 Down: “Six-pack” found in this puzzle’s circled letters – ABS
2 Down: Smiles proudly – BEAMS
3 Down: Shadowy group – CABAL
4 Down: What messy people love – DRAMA
7 Down: Snatch – NAB
Completed NYT Mini crossword for Sunday, March 30.
It took me 1:09 to complete today’s NYT Mini.
That’s slightly longer than I’d like for a non-Saturday Mini, but I’m okay with the time.
The Across clues were a little messy on the first pass. I was taking too long to think about the first one (which should have been pretty easy, in hindsight), I don’t know jack about college football and of 8 Across, I was trying to think of a word that people might have used to call a group of babies a long time ago. I totally misread that one.
With only having the B of what turned out to be ABS, I guessed that 1 Down was referring to PBR. Whoops! I realized that didn’t make sense as soon as I had BEAMS. I was able to clear the rest of the Down words and when I got back to 1 Down, ABS made sense at that point. Fun gimmick today!
See you tomorrow for more NYT Mini fun!
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