Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Puzzle Help for July 18 [CNET]

Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword for July 18.

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.

The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. Our home page also always has the answers for Wordle, Connections and Strands.

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: “Well, that’s odd…”
Answer: HUH

4A clue: What a D.J. is in charge of.
Answer: MUSIC

6A clue: ____ acid (protein building block).
Answer: AMINO

7A: Total stranger, in slang
Answer: RANDO

8A: Beef variety for a hamburger
Answer: ANGUS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Word with nature or pretzel
Answer: HUMAN

2D clue: Taking advantage of.
Answer: USING

3D clue: Like the deities Shiva and Ganesha
Answer: HINDU

4D clue: Rooney of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
Answer: MARA

5D clue: Sounds from a dovecote
Answer: COOS

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.