Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sept. 11

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. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: “You’re slaying!,” to a drag queen
Answer: WERK

5A clue: “Same here”
Answer: SODOI

6A clue: “Pipe” or “pump” instrument
Answer: ORGAN

7A clue: Ran away from the scene
Answer: FLED

8A clue: Things often skipped while listening to podcasts
Answer: ADS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: New York ___, newspaper that published the first crossword puzzle (1913)
Answer: WORLD

2D clue: A cube has 12 of them
Answer: EDGES

3D clue: The Beatles sang about a long and winding one
Answer: ROAD

4D clue: Family members, collectively
Answer: KIN

5D clue: Place for a couch potato
Answer: SOFA

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.