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

ForbesNYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions for Friday January 10From Kris Holt

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) Lightning strike – BOLT

5) Flowers of the “Tiger” and “Trumpet” varieties – LILIES

7) Area for stretching – YOGAMAT

8) Condition treated with exposure and response prevention therapy, in short – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

9) “Rocks”, to a bartender – ICE

10) “Wait, seriously?!” – WHAT

12) Actress with a record number of Oscar nominations (21) – STREEP

13) Assists – AIDS

DOWN

1) Information sets used together in machine learning and predictive analysis – BIG DATA

2) Portuguese greeting – OLA

3) Not infinite – LIMITED

4) Show the ropes to – TEACHES

5) Scottish Waters – HOLES

6) Like some prices and roller coaster declines – STEEP

7) “That really hurts!” – YOW

11) Prefix with -ceratops – TRI

What a puzzle today, really big for the Mini and lots of harder ones like “Yow” and “What the” as you just… wouldn’t really classify these as a normal puzzle clue situation. For a moment I thought lilies were orchids, which confused everything. Tiger orchids are a thing, right? I knew Meryl Streep, of course, but yeah, it was a pretty difficult thing all in all.

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