Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions for Sunday September 29th

If you missed Saturday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions for Saturday September 28thFrom Paul Tassi

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword puzzle. Most days there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five-by-five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

In contrast to its bigger brother, the NYT Mini Crosswords are free to play on the New York Times website or the NYT Games app. However, you will need a NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.

The NYT Mini is a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I’m trying to beat the standard weekday grid in under a minute. But sometimes I can’t quite figure out a clue or two and have to give away the answer.

To help you avoid this, here is the NYT Mini Crossword puzzle solutions (Of course, there are spoilers ahead):

NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions

ABOVE

1) Politician whose last name sounds like 1-Down (and not like a dance!) – WALZ

5) ___ Hawkins Dance – SADIE

6 The person I once was – OLDME

7) Bunglers – FLUBS

8) Egyptian Snakes – ASPS

DOWN

1) See 1-Across – WALLS

2) Sort of make sense – ADDUP

3) Arms or legs… or branches – LIMBS

4) Features of Puzzles, Blizzards and Jazz – ZEES

5) Place to sleep when in the doghouse – SOFA

I’m pretty sure this is at least the second time Tim Walz has made it into a mini-puzzle since he was announced as the vice presidential candidate, this time with a nod to his name. I read it wrong and wrote WALTZ first and not WALLS, which confused some things. The rest wasn’t bad, but spelling ZEES like that really blew my mind since I wouldn’t have guessed it on my own.

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