The NYT Mini for Friday, November 1, 2024, has WABI-SABI split between 1-Across and 5-Down. The remaining answers are listed below; spoilers follow.
Spoilers: Friday, November 1, 2024 answers
Across
- 1 Across: With 5-Down, rhyming Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection — WABI
- 5 Across: Sneaker bottoms — SOLES
- 6 Across: Typeface similar to Helvetica — ARIAL
- 7 Across: Piece of grass — BLADE
- 8 Across: Personal items checked by bouncers — IDS
Down
- 1 Down: Disney ___ — WORLD
- 2 Down: Pen name — ALIAS
- 3 Down: Pearl in a pearl necklace, e.g. — BEAD
- 4 Down: Bit of land in the ocean — ISLE
- 5 Down: See 1-Across — SABI
Read 1-Across and 5-Down together to get WABI-SABI. The clue list keeps the entries separate to match their positions in the grid. These clues and answers are recorded in Erik Kain’s November 1, 2024 Forbes guide.
Where to play
A November 2, 2024 Forbes article says the Mini was playable on the New York Times website or in the NYT Games app, and that archive access required an NYT Games subscription at that time. Those are dated access details, not confirmation of current subscription terms: Forbes, November 2, 2024.
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