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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Puzzle Help for July 20

Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword for July 20.

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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.

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NYT Mini Crossword completed puzzle, July 20, 2024.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Reggae relative
Answer: SKA

4A clue: Repeat a mantra during meditation.
Answer: CHANT

6A clue: Perform better than.
Answer: OUTDO

7A clue: Collaboration that yields more than the sum of its parts.
Answer: SYNERGY

9A clue: Exercise practiced in a steamy room.
Answer: HOTYOGA

10A clue: Had a nosh.
Answer: ATE

11A clue: Feeling poorly.
Answer: ILL

12A clue: Pre-____ (undergrad track).
Answer: MED

13A clue: Letter that's silent – and then not silent – in "Wednesday."
Answer: DEE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Pushed out of the way.
Answer: SHUNTED

2D clue: Actress Sagal.
Answer: KATEY

3D clue: iOS alternative.
Answer: ANDROID

4D clue: Wile E., in the Looney Tunes cartoons.
Answer: COYOTE

5D clue: Flip on or off, as a switch.
Answer: TOGGLE

7D clue: It's totally fake
Answer: SHAM

8D clue: Ivy League school in Connecticut.
Answer: YALE

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.