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Looking for\u00a0the most recent<\/strong>\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.<\/p>\n I admit I’d never heard of the doubled-up phrase that fills in 1-Across and 4-Across in today’s Mini Crossword. Thankfully, the other clues were easy enough that it filled itself in. Want the answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.<\/p>\n The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit\u00a0CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.<\/p>\n Read more: <\/strong>Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword<\/p>\n Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 5, 2025.<\/p>\n <\/span> NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/p>\n 1A clue: \u00a0With 4-Across, non-alcoholic drink with a flavor reminiscent of beer 4A clue: See 1-Across 6A clue: Houston M.L.B. player 7A clue: Sister’s daughter 8A clue: “Just ___ a bite” (parent’s dinner encouragement) 1D clue: Possesses a certain unnameable quality 2D clue: Animal that’s the mascot of California State University, Monterey Bay 3D clue: Best friend of Thomas the Tank Engine 4D clue: Sickly in appearance 5D clue: Spheres on a sushi roll Looking for\u00a0the most recent\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. I admit I’d never heard of the doubled-up phrase that fills in 1-Across and 4-Across in today’s Mini Crossword. Thankfully, the other<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[994,6500,1107,1106,832,831],"class_list":{"0":"post-14148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-answers","9":"tag-aug","10":"tag-crossword","11":"tag-mini","12":"tag-nyt","13":"tag-todays"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Mini across clues and answers<\/h2>\n
Answer: HOP<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: WATER<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: ASTRO<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: NIECE<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: TRY<\/strong><\/p>\nMini down clues and answers<\/h2>\n
Answer: HASIT<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: OTTER<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: PERCY<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: WAN<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: ROE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"