Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sept. 28 – 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 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: Direction of the sunset
Answer: WEST

5A clue: Uncle ___, Addams family member played by Fred Armisen on “Wednesday”
Answer: FESTER

7A clue: Flatten out over time
Answer: PLATEAU

8A clue: Long, slithery fish
Answer: EEL

9A clue: Piece on a coatrack
Answer: PEG

10A clue: Wearers of collars with their owner’s number on them
Answer: PETDOGS

12A clue: “Wednesday” character played by the hand of Victor Dorobantu, a professional magician
Answer: THING

13A clue: “___-haw!”
Answer: YEE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Rolling in the dough, so to speak
Answer: WEALTHY

2D clue: Jokey suffix with “best”
Answer: EST

3D clue: The first instruction in a list of instructions
Answer: STEPONE

4D clue: Savory Chinese snack with a cracked shell
Answer: TEAEGGS

5D clue: Group of naval ships
Answer: FLEET

6D clue: Potentially tricky spots for vacuuming
Answer: RUGS

7D clue: Spirited energy
Answer: PEP

11D clue: Run out of battery
Answer: DIE

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.