Looking for help with today's NYT Mini Crossword puzzle? Here are some hints and answers for the ... More puzzle. Credit: NYT In case you missed Saturday’s NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you can find the answers here: ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Saturday, July 5thBy Erik Kain It’s lazy Sunday — well, it’s almost lazy Sunday. The Sunday NYT Mini Crossword drops on Saturday afternoon, so it’s actually still Saturday but we’re already solving tomorrow’s puzzle so I guess we can consider a this pre-lazy Sunday activity. Time is a flat circle, something something. Let’s solve this Mini! The NYT Mini is a smaller, quicker, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike 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 archive. Spoilers ahead! 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. Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder 1A. Gaping hole – C 6A. Conversation opener – H 7A. Group of five found in "Julia Roberts" and "Austin Powers” – A 8A. Ben of Broadway – P 9A. "Keep it down!" – S Down1D. Bloke – C 2D. Inside part of a golf club – H 3D. A.k.a. name – A 4D. Animal that talks comically slowly in "Zootopia" – S 5D. Conversation opener? – P Okay, onto the answers! 1A. Gaping hole – CHASM 6A. Conversation opener – HELLO 7A. Group of five found in "Julia Roberts" and "Austin Powers” – AEIOU 8A. Ben of Broadway – PLATT 9A. "Keep it down!" – SHH 1D. Bloke – CHAP 2D. Inside part of a golf club – HOLE 3D. A.k.a. name – ALIAS 4D. Animal that talks comically slowly in "Zootopia" – SLOTH 5D. Conversation opener? – HELLO Today's Mini Screenshot: Erik Kain The reason this took me 1:37 is I started off all wrong. I put DIVOT into 1-Across instead of CHASM and then DUDE into 1-Down instead of CHAP and once I realize this wouldn’t work I had to redo some stuff. I thought DIVAS could work for 7-Across (instead of AEIOU) but once I got to some of the others like Ben PLATT for 8-Across I realized my mistake. How did you do? Let me know on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. If you also play Wordle, I write guides about that as well. You can find those and all my TV guides, reviews and much more here on my blog. Thanks for reading! Editorial StandardsReprints & Permissions