Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sept. 17

Looking for more Mini Crossword answers? Click here for our daily Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, and Connections puzzles.

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: Game of throwns?
Answer: DARTS

6A clue: Give a heads-up
Answer: ALERT

7A clue: Like some credit card accounts
Answer: NOFEE

8A clue: Not costing much
Answer: CHEAP

9A clue: It’s celebrated every April 22
Answer: EARTH

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Move to the music
Answer: DANCE

2D clue: Hawaiian “hi”
Answer: ALOHA

3D clue: Make an allusion (to)
Answer: REFER

4D clue: Reward for a well-behaved dog
Answer: TREAT

5D clue: U.S. men’s basketball star with eight three-pointers in the gold medal game, familiarly
Answer: STEPH

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.