Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Oct. 15

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles.

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 far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. 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: Shrimp ___ (garlicky entree)
Answer: SCAMPI

7A clue: “Wow, so fancy!”
Answer: OOLALA

8A clue: Disney’s take on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Snow Queen”
Answer: FROZEN

9A clue: Paid for a poker hand
Answer: ANTED

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Common place to find a lost TV remote
Answer: SOFA

2D clue: With 4-Down, farm attraction in autumn months
Answer: CORN

3D clue: Tons and tons
Answer: ALOT

4D clue: See 2-Down
Answer: MAZE

5D clue: Begged
Answer: PLED

6D clue: McKellen who played Gandalf
Answer: IAN

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.