‘Catch ya later!’ NYT Mini Crossword clue answer and hints

Have you ever been to a boring party and constantly wondered when you’ll get to leave? I have, and it’s incredibly awkward. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue, “Catch ya later!,” asks you to guess the words you’d say when you finally get to go back home.

If you’re having trouble answering the clue, here are today’s hints and answers for the NYT Mini Crossword on Sept. 10. 

‘Catch ya later!’ NYT Sept. 10 Mini Crossword hints and answer

• Hint 1: You might say it when you’re bowing out of a conversation or activity.
• Hint 2: The five-letter solution is a three-word phrase. 
• Hint 3: It starts with the letter “I.”
• Hint 4: The solution contains the opposite of the word “in.”

Let’s jump in and reveal the answer. 

Did you see it coming? The answer to two down in the Sept. 10 New York Times Mini Crossword is “IMOUT.” The phrase “I’m out” is an informal, everyday phrase used to signal that someone is leaving a place or withdrawing from a situation.

‘Catch ya later!’ NYT Mini Crossword difficulty rating

The clue “Catch ya later” is very simple to decipher, as there are only a few things that you can say when you’re about to leave. But since it’s essentially a three-word phrase compressed into just five letters, the answer might catch you by surprise. So, I’d give it a three out of five for difficulty.

NYT Mini Crossword (Sept. 10) answers

Across

• 1A What a phisher might try to get you to click—LINK
• 5A “___Copperhead,” Barbara Kingslover novel that won a 2023 Pulitzer—DEMON
• 6A Act melodramatically—EMOTE
• 7A One just squeaking by?—MOUSE
• 8A Suspicious of—ONTO

Down

• 1D Fruit used to treat scurvy—LEMON
• 2D “Catch ya later!”—IM OUT
• 3D “Quite the contrary!”—NOT SO
• 4D Bending body part—KNEE
• 5D Music submission to a recording studio—DEMO

How to play other word games like the NYT Mini Crossword

Do you enjoy solving word games like the NYT Mini Crossword? If so, try the LA Times and Washington Post crosswords. You can also play Strands and Spelling Bee if you fancy something a bit different.