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Hints for the July 24 Mini
Try these clue prompts before looking at the filled grid:
- Across: an overhead tennis shot; the dish in the Lady and the Tramp kiss scene; how some people solve print crosswords; working with dough; an informal name for the Bronx Bombers.
- Down: a common description of mohawk hair; the miraculous bread in Exodus; a Colorado ski town; an entrée served with its own knife; the body parts that typically have five digits each.
If you want a narrower nudge, the print-crossword clue is about writing with a pen. In the grid, the two words are entered together.
Complete answers
Spoilers: the full solution is below.
Across
- 1 Across: Overhead tennis shot — SMASH
- 6 Across: Dish over which Lady and Tramp share a kiss — PASTA
- 7 Across: How some solve print crosswords — INPEN (“IN PEN”)
- 8 Across: Work with dough — KNEAD
- 9 Across: The Bronx Bombers, informally — YANKS
Down
- 1 Down: Like hair in a mohawk, often — SPIKY
- 2 Down: Miraculous “bread from heaven” in the Book of Exodus — MANNA
- 3 Down: Colorado ski town — ASPEN
- 4 Down: Entrée that comes with its own knife — STEAK
- 5 Down: They have five digits each, typically — HANDS
Play or revisit a Mini
The New York Times describes the Mini as a smaller version of its Crossword. Eligible subscribers can play in the NYT Games app, on the crossword website, or in the News app; subscribers can also solve past Minis in the web or Games app archive. The aim is to fill the white squares with words or phrases that answer the Across and Down clues. The in-game lifesaver menu can check or reveal a square, an answer, or the whole puzzle. See the NYT Help Center’s Mini Crossword guide for access and play details.
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For general release timing, the NYT Help Center says weekday and Saturday Minis are available at 10 p.m. Eastern Time the previous day, while Sunday puzzles are available at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. Those are general schedule details, not a statement about the original publication time of this July 24 answer page.
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