Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sept. 27

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s 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: Aptly named brand of road and mountain bikes
Answer: TREK

5A clue: “CD”
Answer: SEEDY

6A clue: “XL”
Answer: EXCEL

7A clue: Make amends
Answer: ATONE

8A clue: Alternative to Yahoo! or AOL
Answer: MSN

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Much political campaign outreach these days
Answer: TEXTS

2D clue: Mission for a scout, for short
Answer: RECON

3D clue: Garden with forbidden fruit
Answer: EDEN

4D clue: Friend of Kenny, Stan and Cartman on “South Park”
Answer: KYLE

5D clue: Feature that some undergarments claim not to have (but it’s often just less noticeable)
Answer: SEAM

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.