{"id":16912,"date":"2025-08-21T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=16912"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:38:09","slug":"todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-aug-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=16912","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Aug. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Looking for\u00a0<strong>the most recent<\/strong>\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today&#8217;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<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">There are a lot of Qs in today&#8217;s Mini Crossword. 1-Across threw me for a while, but eventually it dawned on me. Need answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for today&#8217;s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit\u00a0CNET&#8217;s NYT puzzle hints page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong>Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.<\/p>\n<p>     <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-text-xxsmall\"><\/p>\n<p>The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-inner-spacing-right-small g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall g-color-text-meta g-text-xxxsmall\">NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Mini across clues and answers<\/h2>\n<p>1A clue: Common queries, informally<br \/><strong>Answer: FAQS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5A clue: Only four-letter country with a &#8220;Q&#8221; in its name<br \/><strong>Answer: IRAQ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6A clue: TV&#8217;s &#8220;The White ___&#8221;<br \/><strong>Answer: LOTUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8A clue: Something you might &#8220;Mark as read&#8221;<br \/><strong>Answer: EMAIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9A clue: Late<br \/><strong>Answer: TARDY<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Mini down clues and answers<\/h2>\n<p>1D clue: ___ mignon<strong><br \/>Answer: FILET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2D clue: Burnt toast has a strong one<strong><br \/>Answer: AROMA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3D clue: Only five-letter country with a &#8220;Q&#8221; in its name<strong><br \/>Answer: QATAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4D clue: Likely inspiration for the mythical kraken<strong><br \/>Answer: SQUID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7D clue: Sneaky<strong><br \/>Answer: SLY<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for\u00a0the most recent\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today&#8217;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. There are a lot of Qs in today&#8217;s Mini Crossword. 1-Across threw me for a while, but eventually it dawned on me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16913,"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-16912","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\/16912","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=16912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}