Here are the clues and answers for the Sunday, August 4, 2024, NYT Mini Crossword. The across entries are HEAD, BILBO, UPSET, SPITE and TOE; the down entries are HIPPO, ELSIE, ABET, DOTE and BUST.
Across clues and answers
- The first blank in this phrase: From __ to __ — HEAD
- “The Hobbit” hobbit — BILBO
- A 16 seed beating a 1 seed, e.g. — UPSET
- Feeling of ill will — SPITE
- The second blank in this phrase: From __ to __ — TOE
Down clues and answers
- Creature able to hold its breath underwater for up to 30 minutes — HIPPO
- Name that sounds like the twelfth and third letters of the alphabet — ELSIE
- Help with a crime — ABET
- Pour love (on) — DOTE
- Opposite of boom, on Wall Street — BUST
The phrase completed by the grid
The first and last across answers form “From head to toe.” The answer list is from Erik Kain’s Forbes guide, published August 3, 2024, for the August 4 puzzle. Kain notes that he first tried HERE for the opening blank, then changed it to HEAD after entering TOE; that is the contributor’s account, not an official New York Times explanation.
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