Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Puzzle Help for July 26 [CNET]

Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword for July 26.

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: Highly praises
Answer: LAUDS

6A clue: Admit (to)
Answer: OWNUP

7A clue: ___ Lakshmi, longtime host of “Top Chef”
Answer: PADMA

8A clue: Just barely make it through
Answer: EKEBY

9A clue: “Goose eggs”
Answer: ZEROS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Tabloid partner of Affleck
Answer: LOPEZ

2D clue: Not sleeping
Answer: AWAKE

3D clue: ___ Armour (athletic brand)
Answer: UNDER

4D clue: Disney elephant with oversized ears
Answer: DUMBO

5D clue: Neuters
Answer: SPAYS

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.