Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Aug. 5 [CNET]

Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword for Aug. 5.

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: Bit of romantic potential.
Answer: SPARK

6A clue: One able to pass a Captcha test (hopefully!).
Answer: HUMAN

7A clue: Protein-building acid type.
Answer: AMINO

8A clue: Card tricks, disappearing acts, etc.
Answer: MAGIC

9A clue: Failed to float.
Answer: SANK

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Decorative pillow cover.
Answer: SHAM

2D clue: Mountain lions.
Answer: PUMAS

3D clue: Female friend, in Spanish.
Answer: AMIGA

4D clue: Rushed through the door.
Answer: RANIN

5D clue: When repeated, classic kind of joke.
Answer: KNOCK

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.