Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, March 24th
Another day, another NYT Mini Crossword to solve. It's Monday, and to help us with our Monday blues, a puzzle or two is in order. Maybe more! But for now, let's figure out this one!
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, it's free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or the app, though you'll need the app to tackle the archive.
Spoilers ahead!
1- 'Hey . . . wanna hear a secret?' — PSST
5- Spooky story? — ATTIC
7- Baby grand, for one — PIANO
8- Perfectly behaved child — ANGEL
9- Something to cram for — TEST
1- Letter between Oscar and Quebec in the NATO alphabet — PAPA
2- Period of work — STINT
3- 'All the world' per a famous line from Shakespeare — STAGE
4- Pointy parts of a fork — TINES
6- Indianapolis football player — COLT
Today's Mini
Screenshot: Erik Kain
A somewhat tricky Mini today, especially with 5-Across. The play on words that gets you from Scary story to Attic is clever and definitely threw me for a loop. I was think stories in a book, not a building. Where I really tripped up though was with STINT when I accidentally typed in STITT by mistake and didn't realize it, really throwing off my game with 8-Across. I spaced the word TINES for a bit also, but ultimately got this one in 1:21.
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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!
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