These are the clues and answers for the Sunday, October 6, 2024 New York Times Mini Crossword. Spoilers follow.
Across
- “One of Franklin’s certainties in life” — TAXES
- “Human voice at the end of a phone tree, say” — AGENT
- “One might be thrown in surprise” — PARTY
- “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s __” — AMORE
- “Smokin’ hot” — SEXY
Down
- “Appetizers like croquetas and patatas bravas” — TAPAS
- “One’s best effort, so to speak” — AGAME
- “Search for: ‘google’ :: make a copy of: ‘___’” — XEROX
- “Diary passage” — ENTRY
- “Eyelid irritation” — STYE
The archived answer article was written by Erik Kain and published October 5, 2024. Kain called the puzzle “surprisingly tricky”; that is his personal impression, not a formal difficulty rating. He also reported a 4:09 solve after opening the puzzle and leaving it running while occupied with something else, so the time is an anecdote, not a benchmark.
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