Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 1

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: Score 100% on.
Answer: ACE

4A clue: Word that, in German, translates directly to “hand shoe.”
Answer: GLOVE

6A clue: Its showers bring “May flowers.”
Answer: APRIL

7A clue: Hut.
Answer: SHACK

8A clue: Not mainstream, in genre names.
Answer: ALT

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: First letter of the Greek alphabet.
Answer: ALPHA

2D clue: Reef builder.
Answer: CORAL

3D clue: Kick out.
Answer: EVICT

4D clue: Bad thing to run out of in the middle of nowhere.
Answer: GAS

5D clue: Antlered mammal in the Rockies.
Answer: ELK

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.