‘Funny little habit’ NYT Mini Crossword answer and hints (Aug. 6)

We all have odd habits. Whether you always sleep facing the door, snort when you laugh, or lick your lips all the time (please, no), everyone has behavioral habits, and today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue, “Funny little habit,” will make you think about yours.

‘Funny little habit’ NYT Mini clue hints

Before I give you the answer, I’ll give you another shot at solving it yourself. Here are four hints to help:

• Hint 1: A peculiar behavior.
• Hint 2: You might describe someone a bit odd as “_____y.”
• Hint 3: Anagram is “IKURQ.”
• Hint 4: Begins with a “Q.”

‘Funny little habit’ NYT Mini clue answer

Stop now if you don’t want to know the answer.

Given up? No judgment here; they can’t all be simple. The answer to today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue, “Funny little habit,” is “QUIRK.”

A quirk is an odd behavior or thing a person does. For example, some of my quirks include my inability to have the TV sound at an odd number or that I will always tap the top of a can of soda a few times before I open it. Everyone has quirks—that’s what makes you, you, after all.

‘Funny little habit’ clue difficulty rating

Ironically, this is a difficult clue to rate. Quirk is a fairly common phrase, but the clue may have had you considering specific habits as the answer—like I initially did. So, I’m going to rate this a two out of five for difficulty.

All NYT Mini Crossword answers (Aug. 6)

Across

• 1A Petty fight — SPAT
• 5A Funny little habit — QUIRK
• 7A “I can’t___that!” (response to being told that Colonel Sanders’s bow tie looks like a stick figure’s body) — UNSEE
• 8A Mother-of-pearl design on a guitar, e.g. — INLAY
• 9A Colored, as hair — DYED

Down

• 1D Source of edible ink — SQUID
• 2D Like the horror movie titles “Chopping Mall” and “Santa’s Slay” — PUNNY
• 3D Airplane seat choice — AISLE
• 4D Grippy part of a tire — TREAD
• 6D Paper with the answers on it — KEY

Other word games like the NYT Mini

It’s Tuesday, which means a new week has started, but the weekend is a lifetime away. To keep your brain stimulated, you should try some more word games after today’s NYT Mini.

If you’re a fan of crosswords, check out the daily ones at the LA Times, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post. If you’d rather try a different type of word game, try NYT’s Strands and Spelling Bee.