NYT Mini Crossword answers

Saturday, April 20, 2024

1. Bicycle wheel : circle :: ___ : radius

   • Likely answer: Spoke.

2. Locker room amenity

   • Likely answer: Towel.

3. Naughty thing to do in a chorus class

   • Likely answer: Lipsync.

4. Frequently, in poetry

   • Likely answer: Oft.

5. Medical research org.

   • Likely answer: NIH.

6. Party guest's guest

   • Likely answer: Plus one.

7. Politician with a six-year term

   • Likely answer: Senator.

8. Crustaceans in the genus Cyclops have only one of this organ

   • Likely answer: Eye.

DOWN

1. Suppress, as a yawn

   • Likely answer: Stifle.

2. Many a song on the Billboard Hot 100

   • Likely answer: Pop tune.

3. Yelps of pain

   • Likely answer: Ows.

4. Headlining speech at a convention

   • Likely answer: Keynote.

5. Weather phenomenon with a Spanish name

   • Likely answer: El Nino.

6. Hacks (off), as branches

   • Likely answer: Lops.

7. One-named singer who starred in "Moonstruck"

   • Likely answer: Cher.

8. "I've been thinking ..."

   • Likely answer: Say.

ACROSS

1. Spoke.
2. Towel.
3. Lipsync.
4. Oft.
5. NIH.
6. Plus one.
7. Senator.
8. Eye.

DOWN

1. Stifle.
2. Pop tune.
3. Ows.
4. Keynote.
5. El Nino.
6. Lops.
7. Cher.
8. Say.