NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Thursday, November 13

How to solve today’s Mini crossword.

Credit: NYT

We’ve already reached Thursday in our week of NYT Mini Crosswords, or at least this week with me as your humble guide and narrator. Today’s is pretty simple, but it’s easier if you’ve been paying attention to NYC politics lately. And who hasn’t been? Let’s solve this crossword!

Looking for Wednesday’s Mini Crossword? Here’s our guide.

How To Play The NYT Mini Crossword

The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword. While it used to be free, in August the Mini was placed behind the NYT Games App paywall. This has led to a noticeable decline in people playing the game, unfortunately. You can check out all of the NYT Games, free and paid, right here.

A Mini Crossword is typically just 10 to 20 clues, with only Saturday’s puzzle on the upper end of that spread. Here’s what a basic NYT Mini looks like:

Follow the clues and come up with as many words as possible, and then use the letters from those words to fill in the remaining words you were unsure about. A good rule of thumb is to skip ahead whenever you don’t know something and come back to the clue later. Of course, if you still need help at that point, read on below for hints and answers.

The best way to play the NYT Mini Crossword is to try to beat your previous speed or play competitively with a friend and see who can fill out their Mini the fastest. This is not a long, laborious task like the normal NYT Crossword. It’s a game of speed and agile thinking.

Spoilers ahead!

How To Solve Today’s NYT Mini Crossword

Before we get to the answers, here’s the first letter for each word in today’s Mini.

Across

1A. Partner of ready and willing — A

5A. Sound from a delighted crowd — R

6A. Title that shares its first two letters with “Mamdani” — M

8A. Second chance — R

9A. Played Pictionary, perhaps — D

Down

1D. Sleeve filler — A

2D. Component of a chess set — B

3D. Extra bit of clothing for warmth — L

4D. Wear away — E

7D. Orderly arrangement of ducks, in a saying — R

Today’s Mini Crossword Answers

Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!

Across

1A. Partner of ready and willing — ABLE

5A. Sound from a delighted crowd — ROAR

6A. Title that shares its first two letters with “Mamdani” — MAYOR

8A. Second chance — REDO

9A. Played Pictionary, perhaps — DREW

Down

1D. Sleeve filler — ARM

2D. Component of a chess set — BOARD

3D. Extra bit of clothing for warmth — LAYER

4D. Wear away — ERODE

7D. Orderly arrangement of ducks, in a saying — ROW

Here are the filled in answers:

Like I said, pretty easy. This one took me 46 seconds and I had to bounce around a bit, but not much.

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