Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for! A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing solve attempt. Recommended Videos Just like our Wordle hints and Connections hints, we’re here to help with The Mini today if you’re stuck and need a little help. Related Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today. New York Times Across Word after “cheap as” or “old as” – DIRT Sean ___, director who won four Oscars for “Anora” – BAKER “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” musical – ANNIE Pastry at a tea shop – SCONE Works on a quilt, perhaps – SEWS Down “Never give a sword to a man who can’t ___”: Confucius – DANCE “You don’t need to tell me!” – IKNOW Straps for a horseback rider – REINS One might be shady – TREE Big Mouth Billy ___ (singing animatronic fish) – BASS Editors’ Recommendations