Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 6 – CNET

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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. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: “We haven’t decided yet,” on schedules
Answer: TBA

4A clue: Analyze grammatically, as a sentence
Answer: PARSE

6A clue: Dice game for sidewalk gamblers
Answer: CRAPS

7A clue: Gently gives a 👉
Answer: POKES

8A clue: Lionel Messi’s jersey number
Answer: TEN

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Deck with cards like The Fool and The Hermit
Answer: TAROT

2D clue: Slow the car down
Answer: BRAKE

3D clue: Colorado ski town
Answer: ASPEN

4D clue: Doctor you visit for a checkup, for short
Answer: PCP

5D clue: Letter that can be added to the fronts of 4-, 6- and 7-Across to make new words
Answer: ESS

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.