NYT Mini Crossword Today: Clues And Answers For Friday, February 7

In case you missed Thursday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:

ForbesNYT Mini Crossword Today: Clues And Answers For Thursday, February 6By Paul Tassi

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. 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.

Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you’ll need an 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 try to beat the standard weekday grid in less than a minute. But sometimes I can’t quite figure out one or two clues and need to reveal the answer.

To help you avoid doing that, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers (spoilers lie ahead, of course):

NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers

ACROSS

1) “Be quiet!” – SHUSH
6) Knight’s weapon – LANCE
7) Senior figure – ELDER
8) “In any ___ …” – EVENT
9) “Emilia ___” (2024 film with the most Oscar nominations) – PEREZ

DOWN

1) What newborns do for much of the day – SLEEP
2) Cut in two – HALVE
3) What “U” stands for in “O/U” – UNDER
4) Acting class assignment – SCENE
5) Standard unit of frequency – HERTZ

Another full five by five puzzle today, which I actually find easier than most. That said, I got a few wrong to mess things like like SWORD instead of LANCE , and then I thought SHUSH was literally just going to be SHHHH. And it seems I cannot even escape Emilia Perez in the NYT Mini, genuinely one of the most baffling Oscar-nominated movies I have ever seen, now embroiled in controversey because of its star.

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