Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for July 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: World capital with a museum dedicated entirely to pasta.
Answer: ROME

5A clue: Console for the game Halo.
Answer: XBOX

6A clue: Number of degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle.
Answer: SIXTY

8A clue: Inflatable bike part
Answer: TIRE

9A clue: Spot in Congress.
Answer: SEAT

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Prescriptions, for short.
Answer: RXS

2D clue: “In memoriam” pieces.
Answer: OBITS

3D clue: Spunk.
Answer: MOXIE

4D clue: For an additional cost.
Answer: EXTRA

7D clue: “You ain’t seen nothing ___!”
Answer: YET

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.