Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 6

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old-school NYT Crossword, and you probably can complete it in a couple of minutes. But if you’re stuck, we’ve got the answers.

The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. Our home page also always has the answers for Wordle, Connections and Strands.

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Petty fight.
Answer: SPAT

5A clue: Funny little habit.
Answer: QUIRK

7A clue: “I can’t ___ that!” (response to being told that Colonel Sanders’s bow tie looks like a stick figure’s body.)
Answer: UNSEE

8A clue: Mother-of-pearl design on a guitar, e.g.
Answer: INLAY

9A clue: Colored, as hair.
Answer: DYED

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Source of edible ink.
Answer: SQUID

2D clue: Like the horror movie titles “Chopping Mall” and “Santa’s Slay.”
Answer: PUNNY

3D clue: Airplane seat choice.
Answer: AISLE

4D clue: Grippy part of a tire.
Answer: TREAD

6D clue: Paper with the answers on it.
Answer: KEY

How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.