Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 3 [CNET]

Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword for August 3.

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: With 1-Down, 2024 album in which Beyoncé is “reinventing American music in her own image,” per Rolling Stone.
Answer: COWBOY

7A clue: Sewer entrance.
Answer: MANHOLE

8A clue: Brand that coined color names like Purple Pizzazz and Jazzberry Jam.
Answer: CRAYOLA

9A clue: Lawyer: Abbr.
Answer: ATT

10A clue: Baby fox or skunk.
Answer: KIT

11A clue: Dwellings made from animal hides.
Answer: TEEPEES

13A clue: Pours down.
Answer: RAINS

14A clue: Size between small and large: Abbr.
Answer: MED

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: See 1-Across.
Answer: CARTER

2D clue: Like gymnasts and relay racers, at the Olympics.
Answer: ONATEAM

3D clue: “How come?”
Answer: WHY

4D clue: One of a pair on a shelf.
Answer: BOOKEND

5D clue: Simple skateboard tricks.
Answer: OLLIES

6A clue: Poet William Butler ___.
Answer: YEATS

7A clue: Exam for a future doc.
Answer: MCAT

12A clue: Eight slices of pizza, typically.
Answer: PIE

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.