Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Tuesday, July 8th

In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, July 7thBy Erik Kain

July is well underway now that we’re officially on Day 8 of the midsummer month. It’s monsoon season here in the high desert mountains, and we’ve been getting some lovely rain, though we could certainly use more.

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!

How To Solve Today’s Mini Crossword

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

Across

1A. Concern for dentists and nuclear physicists – D

6A. Get married in a hurry – E

7A. The world’s all-time best-selling book – B

8A. Doughnut’s shape, mathematically – T

9A. Secret collection – S

Down

1D. “A Lannister always pays his ___” – D

2D. Poet T.S. ___ – E

3D. Hisser with a hood – C

4D. Best-possible test grade – A

5D. “Oof, that makes me cringe!” – Y

Okay, onto the answers! Remember, spoilers ahead!

Across

1A. Concern for dentists and nuclear physicists – DECAY

6A. Get married in a hurry – ELOPE

7A. The world’s all-time best-selling book – BIBLE

8A. Doughnut’s shape, mathematically – TORUS

9A. Secret collection – STASH

Down

1D. “A Lannister always pays his ___” – DEBTS

2D. Poet T.S. ___ – ELIOT

3D. Hisser with a hood – COBRA

4D. Best-possible test grade – A PLUS

5D. “Oof, that makes me cringe!” – YIKES

Let me know when you’re ready for the next one!

I got this one fast, skipping right past 1-Across and plugging in ELOPE into 6-Across and then BIBLE for 7-Across. I wasn’t sure what the mathematic shape of a doughnut was, so I skipped to 9-Across and entered STASH. I wasn’t sure if these were right, but as soon as I started going down I knew I was on the right track. A Lannister, as we all know, always pays his or her DEBTS. The poet is T.S. Eliot. A hooded snake is a COBRA and the best grade is APLUS. At this point, DECAY was obvious and I wrapped up TORUS and YEESH at the same time with a final ‘S’. Today’s Mini took me 44 seconds.

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