Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Oct. 18 – CNET

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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 just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. 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: Packers make picks in it, for short
Answer: NFL

4A clue: Slow ___ (South Asian primate)
Answer: LORIS

6A clue: The “S” of N.Y.S.E.
Answer: STOCK

7A clue: Like twilight
Answer: DUSKY

8A clue: Wilt Chamberlain once had 100 in a single N.B.A. game: Abbr.
Answer: PTS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Still sleeping
Answer: NOTUP

2D clue: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by” poet
Answer: FROST

3D clue: Dog kisses
Answer: LICKS

4D clue: Trippy drug
Answer: LSD

5D clue: The air up there
Answer: SKY

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.