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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions for Monday October 7th

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions for Monday October 7th

In case you missed Sunday's NYT Mini Crossword, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday's NYT Mini Crossword Clues and Solutions for Sunday October 6th

It's that time again. The New York Times Mini Crossword has been reset for tomorrow – Monday – and it's time for us to solve it. Today's crossword is actually a little trickier than what I've seen on many Mondays, just as Sunday's was trickier than usual. That's fine with me – I like a good challenge, even if it's a small one. Let's solve today's problem!

Spoilers ahead, of course. Skip ahead to see the picture of today's solved puzzle.

ABOVE

1 – Spill the beans – BLAB

5 – Bird used by Dutch police to shoot down illegal drones – EAGLE

7 – Online Shopping – ETAIL

8 – With 3-Down “No, try again!” – THINK

9 – Schedule ___ (modern email button) – SEND

DOWN

1 – Root vegetables in borscht – BEETS

2 – Carpentry Molding Tool – LATHE

3 – See 8-Across – AGAIN

4 – Like three mice in a nursery rhyme – BLIND

6 – Large animal in Banff National Park – ELK

I skipped the first few simply because I wasn't sure what word would go with “Spill the Beans” and because I'd never heard of birds shooting down drones. I filled out 9-Across first with SEND and then 1-Down with BEETS. From here I knew 4-Down was BLIND and could guess that 1-Across was BLAB. Once all those letters were filled in, everything else became clear: THINK/AGAIN, EAGLE (who knew?), ETAIL and ELK. It took me 1:28 seconds to solve the mini crossword puzzle today. How have you been? let me know TwitterInstagram or Facebook.

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