The Tuesday, October 8 NYT Mini Crossword refers to the 2024 puzzle. Spoilers below: the across answers are ADAMS, SAUCE, INDIE, FERNS and SAG; the down answers are ASIF, DANES, AUDRA, MCING and SEES.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 NYT Mini answers
Spoilers: The full clue-and-answer list is below.
Across
- 1 Across: “___ apple” — ADAMS
- 6 Across: “Apple___” — SAUCE
- 7 Across: “Many a film at Sundance” — INDIE
- 8 Across: “Plants with leafy fronds” — FERNS
- 9 Across: “Droop” — SAG
Down
- 1 Down: “You wish!” — ASIF
- 2 Down: “Great” big dogs — DANES
- 3 Down: “___ McDonald, Broadway actress with Tony, Emmy and Grammy accolades” — AUDRA
- 4 Down: “Hosting an open mic, informally” — MCING
- 5 Down: “Understands” — SEES
Why the year matters
The clue set comes from the Tuesday, October 8, 2024 puzzle. October 8, 2026 falls on a Thursday, so the date in the title should not be read as a current-year Tuesday puzzle. The answers and clues above are transcribed from Erik Kain’s Forbes guide published October 7, 2024.
Reported solve time
Erik Kain reported that he took 1 minute and 28 seconds to finish this Mini. That is his personal time for this puzzle, not a typical completion time or difficulty statistic.
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