Answers for today’s NYT Mini Crossword are just ahead.

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Before we get to today’s NYT Mini crossword hints, clues and answers, here are Tuesday’s:

ForbesNYT Mini Hints For Tuesday, August 5: Today’s Extra Clues And AnswersBy Kris HoltWondering what ___ Banks, North Carolina might be? Not sure what is unlikely to keep you up at night, in a way? Don’t worry, because I’m here to help you with extra hints and the answers for today’s NYT Mini crossword.

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you’ll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.

Here are extra hints and the official NYT Mini Crossword clues and answers for Wednesday, August 6:

Spoilers lie ahead, so remember to scroll slowly:

1 Across: Joint that can be replaced

4 Across: Withering aside, in modern parlance

6 Across: Sci-fi series The _____ Limits

7 Across: Late-night coffee, perhaps

8 Across: The original protagonist of either The Evil Dead or the Pokémon anime

1 Down: Come up with a plan

2 Down: What a work of fiction or home improvement project starts with

3 Down: Spot on, in slang

4 Down: It follows “baking” or “cream”

5 Down: Seen on swatches

1 Across: Stylish – HIP

4 Across: Something a beach umbrella provides – SHADE

6 Across: ___ Banks, North Carolina – OUTER

7 Across: Unlikely to keep you up at night, in a way – DECAF

8 Across: The eruption of Mount St. Helens released 520 million tons of it – ASH

1 Down: Come out of one’s shell – HATCH

2 Down: Bright ___ – IDEA

3 Down: “Fab!” – PERF

4 Down: Starry or Squirt – SODA

5 Down: Color tones – HUES

Completed New York Times Mini crossword for Wednesday, August 6

Screenshot by Kris Holt

It took me 1:38 to complete today’s NYT Mini.

Can’t say I’m overly happy with that time, but I made a couple of mistakes that really slowed me down, so it’s entirely on me. I can’t explain why I was so confident that HIP would be “fly.” I also got 7 Across very wrong at first, to the point where I’d be embarrassed to share what my initial guess was.

Thanks to those mistakes, it took me an age to figure out HATCH and PERF, even though I got the rest of the Down answers without a hitch. I’m sure I’ll get a better time tomorrow!

See you tomorrow for more NYT Mini fun!

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