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.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: "Blue Ribbon" brewery.
Answer: PABST

6A clue: Put as ease, as fears.
Answer: ALLAY

7A clue: Sound heard at a ramen restaurant.
Answer: SLURP

8A clue: Slight trace of color.
Answer: TINGE

9A clue: Starts a pot, in poker.
Answer: ANTES

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Popular meal the night before a marathon.
Answer: PASTA

2D clue: 100% committed.
Answer: ALL IN

3D clue: Untactful to a fault.
Answer: BLUNT

4D clue: Boot camp boss, informally.
Answer: SARGE

5D clue: Goes tap-tap-tap in a texting app.
Answer: TYPES

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.