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In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here:
It’s Tyr’s day, the one day of the week devoted to a Norse god almost nobody really remembers outside of fellow viking enthusiasts like your humble puzzle guide. Tyr was a god of war, similar — though distinct — to Mars in Roman mythology. It’s no wonder Romance languages like Spanish pay homage to Mars on this day of the week. I guess Tuesday is for warriors. We are word warriors. The pen is mightier than the sword, after all. Let’s use our wits to solve today’s Mini Crossword.
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!
Before we get to the answers, here’s the first letter for each word in today’s Mini.
Across
1A. ___ Escola, Tony-winning portrayer of Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!” – C
Some of these I had a pretty strong sense of right away, like SHRED and NUDGE for 5 and 6 Across, and then SNAP for 5 Down. I was less certain about 1-Across and had to basically fill in the blanks after plugging in a couple of DOWN words like ORDER, LEGIT and EDEN. For some reason, “ladder’s counterpart” evaded me until the end. Even when I had CHUT plugged in, the word “CHUTE” just wouldn’t pop into my brain — until it finally did. I also have to admit that I’m unfamiliar with the term PERT for sassy. You learn something new every day! This one took me 1:18.
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