I find the NYT Mini Crossword super satisfying when every grid of the puzzle takes a letter, like today's puzzle, with no blank squares. This way, if you can answer all the ACROSS

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.