‘Purple soda flavor’ NYT Mini Crossword Aug. 9 clue solution and hints

When you think of soda flavors, common brands like Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, and Pepsi may come to mind. But there are also some pretty whacky flavors out there, including the “Purple soda flavor” you need for the Aug. 9 NYT Mini Crossword.

This can be a tough one to solve, so crack open your favorite soda or brew a cup of tea (if it’s too early for you like it is for me), and let’s work through it together. Here are some hints to help you uncover the answer to the “Purple soda flavor” clue, plus the solution if you need it.

‘Purple soda flavor’ Aug. 9 NYT Mini Crossword hints and answer

• Hint 1: It ends with the letter “E.”
• Hint 2: An anagram for this word is “PAGER.”
• Hint 3: It’s a type of fruit.
• Hint 4: This fruit also comes in green.

I’m going to share the answer to this clue now, so stop here and ponder for a bit longer if you want to solve this one yourself.

The answer for the four across “Purple soda flavor” clue on the Aug. 9 NYT Mini Crossword is “GRAPE.” I’m a fan of grape anything, but when I talk to others about this flavor, they either love it too or strongly dislike it. It’s also not a very common flavor for soda, which is why it can be a tricky answer to arrive at with this clue.

‘Purple soda flavor’ NYT Mini Crossword difficulty rating

There aren’t really any other purple soda flavors out there, although you might think of name brands like Fanta when you first see this clue rather than focusing on a specific flavor. I still think this clue is pretty easy to solve once you start going through five-letter flavors that can fit in this puzzle since there’s nothing else it could be, so I’m giving it a one out of five difficulty rating.

NYT Mini Aug. 9 answers

Across

• 1A Move like a kangaroo — HOP
• 4A Purple soda flavor — GRAPE
• 6A Bird used for sending messages on “House of the Dragon” — RAVEN
• 7A Oak tree-to-be — ACORN
• 8A What half-life measures, in nuclear physics— DECAY

Down

• 1D Pandemonium — HAVOC
• 2D Performance for a prima donna — OPERA
• 3D Take a ___, leave a ____ — PENNY
• 4D Mortarboard wearer — GRAD
• 5D A dash is a short one — RACE

Games like NYT Mini Crossword

Once you finish filling out today’s NYT Mini Crossword, there’s still plenty of word game fun to be had with additional puzzles. Both Strands and Spelling Bee are great options if you want to mix things up with a different type of word game, while the LA Times and Washington Post are solid options if you want to work through additional crosswords.