Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Tuesday, July 8th

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Credit: NYT In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here: ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, July 7thBy Erik Kain July is well underway now that we’re officially on Day 8 of the midsummer month

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The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and un its larger sibling, it’s free-to-play without a subscription to The New York Times

You can play it on the web or the app, though you’ll need the app to tackle the

MORE FOR YOU How To Solve Today’s Mini Crossword Before we get to the answers, here’s the first letter for each word in today’s Mini

Concern for dentists and nu physicists – D 6A

Get married in a hurry – E 7A

The world’s all-time best-selling book – B 8A

Doughnut’s shape, mathematically – T 9A

Secret collection – S Down 1D. "A Lannister always pays his ___" – D 2D. ___ – E 3D

Hisser with a hood – C 4D

Best-possible test grade – A 5D. "Oof, that makes me cringe. " – Y Okay, onto the answers

Remember, spoilers ahead

Concern for dentists and nu physicists – DECAY 6A

Get married in a hurry – ELOPE 7A

The world’s all-time best-selling book – BIBLE 8A

Doughnut’s shape, mathematically – TORUS 9A

Secret collection – STASH Down 1D. "A Lannister always pays his ___" – DEBTS 2D. ___ – ELIOT 3D

Hisser with a hood – COBRA 4D

Best-possible test grade – A PLUS 5D. "Oof, that makes me cringe. " – YIKES Let me know when you're ready for the next one

Today's NYT Mini CrosswordScreenshot: Erik Kain I got this one fast, skipping right past 1-Across and plugging in ELOPE into 6-Across and then BIBLE for 7-Across

I wasn’t sure what the mathematic shape of a doughnut was, so I skipped to 9-Across and entered STASH

I wasn’t sure if these were right, but as soon as I started going down I knew I was on the right track

A Lannister, as we all know, always pays his or her DEBTS

A hooded snake is a COBRA and the best grade is APLUS

At this point, DECAY was obvious and I wrapped up TORUS and YEESH at the same time with a final ‘S’

Today’s Mini took me 44 seconds

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