NYT Mini Crossword hints, clues and answers today for Friday, August 8 2025
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If you're a fan of New York Times games like Wordle or Spelling Bee or Connections, chances are you are someone who does the NYT Mini Crossword puzzle every day, which is super fun given that there's a timer for an additional challenge.
And if that's the case and you're truly stumped, fear not! We're here to help with the answers for today's puzzle, to get you unstuck.
Let's start with hints for every clue!
1A: Think top of food.
4A: Three vowels are the same.
7A: Ham______.
8A: Also think funeral.
9A: Also think bathroom.
1D: They're two words when separated.
2D: This is also two words with a direction at the end.
3D: They got "revenge."
4D: Two consonants are the same.
5D: Two consonants are also the same.
Here are today's NYT Mini Crossword answers!
1A: BUN
4A: CHEESE
7A: BURGER
8A: SHROUD
9A: TPS
1D: BEGOT
2D: USEUP
3D: NERDS
4D: CBS
5D: HUH
6A: ERR
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