Looking for help with today’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the puzzle.
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Monday has returned. Back to the old grindstone. I hope everyone had a great weekend — now get back to work! Back to your desks. Back to your cubicles. Back to your classrooms and delivery trucks. Back to the yard, back to the kitchen. Back to the banks and courthouses. Back to your computers and iPads. Gas stations and fire stations. Into your Ubers and into your buses and trains, planes and automobiles.
But first let’s solve this Mini Crossword.
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The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its larger sibling, it’s free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you’ll need the app to tackle the archive.
Spoilers ahead!
How To Solve Today’s Mini Crossword
Before we get to the answers, here’s the first letter for each word in today’s Mini.
Across
1A. Music purchases of the ’90s and early 2000s — C
4A. Eco-conscious diaper option — C
6A. Styles of singing? — H
7A. Invite to one’s loft, say — A
8A. What “yellow” and “mellow” do — R
Down
1D. What yellow and purple do, some say — C
2D. Like many an endearing goofball — D
3D. Play, as a guitar — S
4D. Burn slightly — C
5D. Overblown promotion — H
Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!
Across
1A. Music purchases of the ’90s and early 2000s — CDS
4A. Eco-conscious diaper option — CLOTH
6A. Styles of singing? — HARRY
7A. Invite to one’s loft, say — ASK UP
8A. What “yellow” and “mellow” do — RHYME
Down
1D. What yellow and purple do, some say — CLASH
2D. Like many an endearing goofball — DORKY
3D. Play, as a guitar — STRUM
4D. Burn slightly — CHAR
5D. Overblown promotion — HYPE
Today’s Mini
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I didn’t have too much trouble with this one. The first clue that I wasn’t sure about was 6-Across (Styles of singing?) which later turned out to be Harry, as in the pop-star Harry Styles. Other than that, none of these were particularly difficult, though maybe if you were born in the last 20 years you might not know what CDS are, and maybe haven’t encountered CLOTH diapers just yet.
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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2025/09/07/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-clues-and-answers-for-monday-september-8th/
