Mini Crossword Answers Today: Answers for Oct. 11

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Certain circled letters in the answers tie in to the clue for 8-Across, not just in the word they spell out, but in the pattern they make in the puzzle grid. Read on if you need help solving the puzzle today.

The Mini Crossword is a nice break from the tougher puzzles, and it takes only a fraction of the time of the vaunted, regular New York Times Crossword puzzle.

CNET publishes daily answers and hints for Wordle, The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Towel (off)
Answer: WIPE

5A clue: Result of brainstorming
Answer: IDEA

6A clue: What jellyfish and bees do
Answer: STING

7A clue: Glowed bright
Answer: SHONE

8A clue: Surface over which to skip a stone … as illustrated in the circled letters
Answer: WATER

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: The Beatles’ “___ Little Help From My Friends”
Answer: WITHA

2D clue: Dummy
Answer: IDIOT

3D clue: Pasta that can be made “alla vodka”
Answer: PENNE

4D clue: Like a beaver, in a saying
Answer: EAGER

6D clue: Direction from N.Y.C. to Miami: Abbr.
Answer: SSW

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