Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for July 31

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: Keyboard key near the top left.
Answer: TAB

4A clue: Hot couple, in a celebrity gossip column.
Answer: ITEM

6A clue: Wild, as an animal.
Answer: FERAL

8A clue: Like many four-legged friends.
Answer: FURRY

9A clue: Keyboard key on the bottom.
Answer: SPACE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Little spats.
Answer: TIFFS

2D clue: Thoroughly devoured.
Answer: ATEUP

3D clue: Yogi who said “Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.”
Answer: BERRA

5D clue: Comedian Maron.
Answer: MARC

7D clue: Caustic chemical compound.
Answer: LYE

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.