If you missed Thursday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions for Thursday December 5thFrom Paul Tassi

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword puzzle. Most days there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five-by-five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

In contrast to its bigger brother, the NYT Mini Crosswords are free to play on the New York Times website or the NYT Games app. However, you will need a NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.

The NYT Mini is a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I’m trying to beat the standard weekday grid in under a minute. But sometimes I can’t quite figure out a clue or two and have to give away the answer.

To help you avoid this, here is the NYT Mini Crossword puzzle solutions (Of course, there are spoilers ahead):

NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions

ABOVE

1) Analyze the grammar as a sentence – PARSE

6) Dice game for street gamblers – Crap

7) Enters gently 👉 – STICKS

8) Lionel Messi jersey number – TEN

DOWN

1) Deck with cards like “The Fool” and “The Hermit” – TAROT

2) Slow Down the Car 3 Ski Resort Colorado – ASPEN

4) The doctor you visit for examination, in short – PCP

5) Letter that can be added to the front of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to form new words – EAT

Interesting note today for Five Down, and the answer to adding that “ess” is Sparse, Scraps and Spokes. I think, given this reference, they somehow misunderstood the plurality in Pokes, but whatever. For a minute I thought TBA was TBD, which confused a few things. Everything else went quite well.

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