Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 22

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: Post made about “pommel horse guy” or “brat summer,” say.
Answer: MEME

5A clue: Late game show host Trebek.
Answer: ALEX

6A clue: Apple product.
Answer: CIDER

8A clue: Food filled with carnitas or carne asada.
Answer: TACO

9A clue: “Anybody ___?”
Answer: ELSE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Apple product.
Answer: MAC

2D clue: Best of the best.
Answer: ELITE

3D clue: Olympic prize.
Answer: MEDAL

4D clue: C-suite figures.
Answer: EXECS

7D clue: Caviar, e.g.
Answer: ROE

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.