Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Sunday, July 27th

In case you missed Saturday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Saturday, July 26thBy Erik Kain

Another day, another Mini Crossword to solve! Saturday’s is always the biggest and most daunting crossword of the week, but oddly enough the New York Times releases the Sunday crossword on Saturday afternoon, giving puzzle-solvers even less time to solve the most challenging one. It’s peculiar, but here we are. Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is to solve puzzles. Let’s knock out today’s Mini!

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. In addition – A

5A. Psithurism, n. “The sound of ___ rustling through the trees” – W

6A. Like scones and stoners – B

7A. Retail chain with an average store size of 300,000 square feet – I

8A. Work station – D

Down

1D. Up – A

2D. Social media currency – L

3D. Tiptoe around – S

4D. Like 2025, but not 2026 – O

6D. Contractor’s offer – B

Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!

Across

1A. In addition – ALSO

5A. Psithurism, n. “The sound of ___ rustling through the trees” – WIND

6A. Like scones and stoners – BAKED

7A. Retail chain with an average store size of 300,000 square feet – IKEA

8A. Work station – DESK

Down

1D. Up – AWAKE

2D. Social media currency – LIKES

3D. Tiptoe around – SKIRT

4D. Like 2025, but not 2026 – ODD

6D. Contractor’s offer – BID

I almost used PLUS for 1-Across, which would have been unfortunate since the ‘L’ might have thrown me off later, given it’s the same in both words. But I changed course and went with ALSO, and that really set me on the right path. 2-Across was clearly WIND and then I knocked out 1-Down (yes, “up” and AWAKE are the same in the right context) and 2-Down (LIKES are certainly the dreadful currency of social media) and three and four Down before knocking out DESK and IKEA and finally BAKED, for stoners eating scones. This went quick, and I had it wrapped in 1:03 today.

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