Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Oct. 5

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: Lego piece
Answer: BRICK

6A clue: Company whose name is spelled with up to 10 O’s toward the bottom of its webpages
Answer: GOOGLE

7A clue: Inventor of the first commercially available electronic instrument, a synthesizer
Answer: BOB MOOG

8A clue: Largest country without an official language
Answer: USA

9A clue: Some smart devices
Answer: TVS

10A clue: Muscular dog with black and tan fur, familiarly
Answer: ROTTIE

12A clue: Precipitates freezing rain
Answer: SLEETS

13A clue: Warty hopper
Answer: TOAD

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Milky drink with “pearls”
Answer: BOBATEA

2D clue: CD-___
Answer: ROM

3D clue: “Aha!”
Answer: IGOTIT

4D clue: Pumpkin spice ingredients
Answer: CLOVES

5D clue: Large beer containers
Answer: KEGS

6D clue: Break off from the rest of the band
Answer: GOSOLO

7D clue: Go “pop”
Answer: BURST

11D clue: Bill’s time-traveling partner of film
Answer: TED

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.