NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Saturday, June 29

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing solve attempt.

Just like our Wordle hints and Connections hints, we’re here to help with The Mini today if you’re stuck and need a little help.

Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today.

NYT Mini Crossword answers today

Across

• Thermometer reading, for short – TEMP
• What the letters of ROY G. BIV stand for – COLORS
• Totally rad – AWESOME
• Equivalent of 165 bottles of beer – KEG
• Spanish for “aunt” – TIA
• Pink Pearls are classic ones – ERASERS
• Devious – SNEAKY
• Male cats or turkeys – TOMS

Down

• “The Two ___,” second volume of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy – TOWER
• Gracefully stylish – ELEGANT
• Jun., Jul., Aug., etc. -MOS
• The 76ers or the 49ers – PROTEAM
• Serving at a birthday party – CAKE
• Self-satisfied smiles – SMIRKS
• “Piece of 5-Down!” – EASY
• Improvement of a web page’s visibility, for short – SEO