The New York Times Mini got creative and people had some really cross words
The New York Times games section is a delight for the puzzle fiends of the world. It’s the home of Wordle, Connections and Spelling Bee, as well as its very popular Crossword and the smaller (and free) version – The Mini.
Friday’s Mini raised eyebrows and blood-pressures, when the writer, Joel Fagliano, got creative. Fancy giving it a go?
ACROSS
1. Baseball level just below the majors
4. Letters written on a bottle of poison, in the cartoons
5. Three, on a grandfather clock
6. Tic-tac-toe winner
7. “Delicious!”
DOWN
1. “What goes up must come down,” e.g.
2. x + y = y + x, e.g.
3. This is a given
