NYT's The Mini crossword answers for April 2 (2024)

FAQs

How do I access the nyt mini crossword today? ›

You can play the Mini at nytimes.com/games, in the The New York Times Games app (iOS and Android), and in the Play tab of the New York Times News app.

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).

Have you ever gone to play Sodoku or The Mini on the New York Time's website or app, and realized it's the same one from the day before? That's because The Mini and Sodoku reset their puzzles at 10:00PM on weekdays, , and 6:00 PM on weekends.

Woolly beast of Tibet

The answer is Yak.

Step 1: Click on the square in which you want to enter a rebus. Tap the More key on the bottom left-hand side of the screen. Step 2: Tap the Rebus key on the bottom right-hand side of the screen. This will open a larger square in which you can type multiple letters.

The Fox News Mini Crossword is a free online game, that you can play whenever you want.

The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday.

The Saturday crossword is actually the hardest puzzle of the week. Mondays have the most straightforward clues and Saturday clues are the hardest, or involve the most wordplay. Contrary to popular belief, the Sunday puzzles are midweek difficulty, not the hardest.

Seasoned hand

The answer is oldpro.

Archives. Select the Archives tab to play daily and mini Crosswords from the past. Visit the New York Times Crossword Archive in the Help Center to learn more about archive puzzle icons and navigation.

What does rebus mean in a mini crossword? ›

A rebus can be a letter, number or symbol that represents a word, but in many crosswords, the rebus will be a word or group of letters that need to be written inside a single square.

Baked pasta dish

The answer is ziti.

The English word yak originates from the Tibetan: གཡག་, Wylie: g. yag. In Tibetan and Balti it refers only to the male of the species, the female being called Tibetan: འབྲི་, Wylie: bri, Tibetan: འབྲི་, Wylie: dri or Tibetan: གནག, Wylie: g.

Carny. Carny, also spelled carnie, is an informal term used in North America for a traveling carnival employee, and the language they use, particularly when the employee operates a game ("joint"), food stand ("grab", "popper", or "floss wagon"), or ride ("ride jock") at a carnival.

Originally these dogs were used to protect Buddhist monasteries and monks of Tibet from animals such as bears, wolves and snow leopards. The Tibetan Mastiff is a phenotypically distinct dog breed that was bred as a flock guardian in the high altitudes of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateaus.

If you do not have a subscription that includes access to Games, you can still access: The Mini Crossword. Three Archived Crossword puzzles, updated weekly online. Sudoku.

Navigate to the Archive tab at the bottom of the Games app homepage. Select either The Crossword or The Mini. Select the month and year you would like to see puzzles from. Select the puzzle you would like to play.

Is a chatty catty? The answer is meow.

Just a heads up, the daily mini-puzzle resets the night before it's published. For instance, Saturday and weekday puzzles reset at 10 p.m. EST the day before, and Sunday puzzles are ready to solve from 6 p.m. EST on Saturday.