Here’s our guide to the NYT Mini Crossword for 11th January 2025, created to help you if you’re stuck on any of today’s clues. The New York Times Mini Crossword is a quick yet captivating alternative to the full-sized version, perfect for those looking for a mental workout in a shorter time. Despite its smaller grid and fewer clues, it offers the same level of variety and intrigue as the standard crossword. Published daily in both print and online formats, it varies in difficulty just like its larger counterpart.
NYT Mini Crossword Solutions – 11th January 2025
If today’s Mini Crossword has you stumped, we’ve compiled all the clues and answers to lend a hand. You can search for a specific clue to find its solution without revealing answers to other parts of the puzzle you’re still solving. This way, you get just the assistance you need without spoiling the rest of the challenge!
1A Streak of lightning NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Lightning (noun)
- A sudden electrical discharge occurring between clouds or between a cloud and the ground, producing light and often accompanied by sound.
- The bright flash of light resulting from an electrical discharge in the atmosphere, or something resembling such a flash; it can last for a brief moment or more.
Answer:
[spoiler]BOLT[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Streak (verb)
- To leave marks, spots, or blotches of varying colours or shades, giving the appearance of stains.
- To move swiftly in a straight path.
5A Flowers with “tiger” and “trumpet” varieties NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Trumpet (noun)
- A brass musical instrument with a bright, powerful sound, featuring a narrow tube, a flared bell, and played using valves.
Answer:
[spoiler]LILIES[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Trumpet (verb)
- To play or produce sound on a trumpet.
- To announce or proclaim loudly, as if using a trumpet.
7A Surface to stretch on NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Surface (verb)
- To apply a coating, cover, or provide a surface.
- To emerge, become visible, or make an appearance.
Answer:
[spoiler]YOGAMAT[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Surface (noun)
- Information that has been made public.
- The outermost layer of the land or sea.
8A Condition treated with exposure and response prevention therapy, for short NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Exposure (noun)
- The condition of being exposed or vulnerable.
- A depiction of a person or scene captured as a print, slide, or in digital format.
Answer:
[spoiler]OCD[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Prevention (noun)
- The action of stopping something from happening.
9A “Rocks,” to a bartender NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: (Noun)
- Diamonds.
- A heat engine where combustion takes place within the engine itself, generating heat to expand gas that drives a piston or turns a gas turbine.
Answer:
[spoiler]ICE[/spoiler]
Hint 2: (Verb)
- To decorate with frosting.
- To turn into ice or cause to become icy.
10A “Wait, seriously?!” NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Seriously (adverb)
- In a sincere or serious way.
- To an intense or severe extent.
Answer:
[spoiler]WHATTHE[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Wait (noun)
- The act of staying inactive in one place while anticipating something.
- The period spent expecting an action to occur.
12A Actress with a record number of Oscar nominations (21) NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Record (verb)
- To electronically register or document information.
- To display a specific measurement or reading, as shown by gauges or instruments.
Answer:
[spoiler]STREEP[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Record (noun)
- A sound recording on a disc with a continuous groove, played by a phonograph needle to reproduce music.
- A collection of documented facts about someone or something.
13A Assists NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: (Noun)
- A severe (often fatal) immune system disease transmitted through blood products, particularly via sexual contact or contaminated needles.
Answer:
[spoiler]AIDS[/spoiler]
1D Information sets used in machine learning and predictive analytics, collectively NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Predictive (adjective)
- Relating to prediction.
- Useful for making forecasts.
Answer:
[spoiler]BIGDATA[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Collectively (adverb)
- In combination or together with others.
2D Portuguese greeting NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Portuguese (adjective)
- Pertaining to Portugal, its people, or their language.
Answer:
[spoiler]OLA[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Portuguese (noun)
- A native or resident of Portugal.
- The Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil.
3D Not infinite NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Infinite (noun)
- The boundless space in which everything exists.
Answer:
[spoiler]LIMITED[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Infinite (adjective)
- (Of verbs) Lacking tense, person, or number, such as a participle, gerund, or infinitive.
- Too numerous to count.
4D Shows the ropes to NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Anagram – Rearrange the letters below to solve today’s answer:
ESCHEAT
Answer:
[spoiler]TEACHES[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Answer used in the past:
- MENTORS (7 letters)
5D Scottish bodies of water NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Scottish (noun)
- The form of English spoken in Scotland.
Answer:
[spoiler]LOCHS[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Scottish (adjective)
- Pertaining to Scotland, its people, culture, English dialect, or Gaelic language.
6D Like some prices and roller coaster drops NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Roller (noun)
- A large, heavy sea wave that moves towards the shore.
- A cylindrical device around which hair is wrapped to create curls.
Answer:
[spoiler]STEEP[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Coaster (noun)
- A plate or mat used to protect a table surface, such as from condensation on a cold drink.
- A person who lives in a coastal area.
7D “That really hurts!” NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Really (adverb)
- Used to intensify a statement; “real” is sometimes informally used in place of “really”; “rattling” is informal.
- In truth or actuality.
Answer:
[spoiler]YOW[/spoiler]
11D Prefix with -ceratops NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Prefix (noun)
- An affix added at the beginning of a word.
Answer:
[spoiler]TRI[/spoiler]
Hint 2: Prefix (verb)
- To attach a prefix to a word.
