Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Oct. 2

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: Noodle soup that’s the national dish of Vietnam
Answer: PHO

4A clue: Scatterbrained and unreliable
Answer: FLAKY

6A clue: Like silence in a horror movie, say
Answer: EERIE

7A clue: “Sorry, can you repeat that? I ___ listening”
Answer: WASNT

8A clue: Language spoken in Bangkok
Answer: THAI

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Fold on a kilt
Answer: PLEAT

2D clue: Excessively negative, as criticism
Answer: HARSH

3D clue: Hawaiian diacritical mark that looks like an apostrophe
Answer: OKINA

4D clue: Hardly any
Answer: FEW

5D clue: Mythical mountain monster
Answer: YETI

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.