Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Puzzle Help for July 23 [CNET]

Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword for July 23.

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: Food that fills both blanks of “___ce of ___”
Answer: PIE

4A clue: Wide display.
Answer: ARRAY

6A clue: Quintessentially boring color.
Answer: BEIGE

7A clue: Founder of Amazon.
Answer: BEZOS

8A clue: Type of beer.
Answer: ALE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Game show contestant’s hope/
Answer: PRIZE

2D clue: “Othello” villain.
Answer: IAGO

3D clue: They’re never open 24/7.
Answer: EYES

4D clue: “Mamma Mia!” group.
Answer: ABBA

5D clue: Film spool
Answer: REEL

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.