NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Sunday, August 4 | Digital Trends

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.

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.

Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today.

NYT Mini Crossword answers today

Across

• The first blank in this phrase: From ___ to ___” – HEAD
• “The Hobbit” hobbit – BILBO
• A 16 seed beating 1 seed, e.g. – UPSET
• Feeling of ill will – SPITE
• The second blank in this phrase: From __ to __ – TOE

Down

• Creature able to hold its breath underwater for up to 30 minutes – HIPPO
• Name that sounds like the twelfth and third letters of the alphabet – ELSIE
• Help with a crime – ABET
• Pour love (on) – DOTE
• Opposite of boom, on Wall Street – BUST