The NYT Mini Crossword answers below are for Tuesday, February 3, 2026. Spoilers follow; if you want to solve it yourself first, stop here.
February 3, 2026 NYT Mini answers
Parade lists these clues and solutions under its February 3, 2026 heading. Read the dated answer page.
Across
- 1A. “That’s incredible!” — WOW
- 4A. “Makes a mistake” — ERRS
- 6A. “‘Piece of cake’ or ‘spill the beans’” — IDIOM
- 8A. “Cool in a throwback kind of way” — RETRO
- 9A. “See 1-Down” — DREAM
Down
- 1D. “With 9-Across, something you might wake up from and go ‘Huh?!’” — WEIRD
- 2D. “What’s spoken into a fast-food intercom” — ORDER
- 3D. “Pen” — WRITE
- 5D. “OpenAI product that creates video clips based on prompts” — SORA
- 7D. “1-Across, flipped upside down” — MOM
How to play or revisit the puzzle
The NYT Mini is a smaller version of the New York Times Crossword: fill its white squares with letters based on Across and Down clues. Subscribers whose plans include Games access can play in the Games app, at nytimes.com/crosswords, or in the News app. The NYT Help Center says weekday and Saturday Minis become available at 10 p.m. EST the previous day; Sunday Minis appear at 6 p.m. EST Saturday. See NYT Mini access details.
Subscribers can find past Minis in the archive. Its controls let you browse by puzzle type, month, and year; Games and All Access subscribers have archive access, while non-subscribers have limited access. Read the NYT archive instructions.
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