Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... [+] puzzle.Credit: NYTIn case you missed Saturdays NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:Its been a chilly weekend, and Im hoping for warmer weather to see us through the week. Its still autumn, and Im not ready for winter just yet. Theres plenty of time for cold and grey and snow. Lets have some of the white fluffy stuff on Christmas, how about? For now, Id like to solve all my word puzzles in cool autumnal air. Speaking of which, lets solve todays NYT Mini Crossword!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, its free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though youll need the app to tackle the archive.One good tactic with crossword puzzles is to try to get as many ACROSS as possible first and then youll find a lot of the DOWN are already doneor vice versa if the ones ACROSS are trickier.While some of todays words are pretty simple, some might have you stumped. Youll find the answers below. Spoilers ahead, obviously. Skip ahead for the image of todays solved puzzle.MORE FOR YOUACROSS1 ___ Martin, frequent collaborator with 1-Down STEVE6 Parts of irrigation systems HOSES7 Beginning ONSET8 Backup camera's place on a car REAR9 Make an attempt TRYDOWN1 Martin ___, frequent collaborator with 1-Across SHORT2 Stuff in a printer cartridge TONER3 Common kind of test for a literature class ESSAY4 Make a sudden turn VEER5 Jokey suffix with best ESTToday's MiniScreenshot: Erik KainThis was the easiest Mini Crossword Ive done in a hot minute, though thats largely because 1-Across and 1-Down were so obvious, especially if youve been watching Only Murders In The Building. From here, most everything was either pretty simple or filled itself in. Im not really sure about 5-Down but I didnt need to be since I got everything else around it filled in. This took me 1:19. I was slowed down by accidentally switching from Across to Down and vice versa a few times.How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading!