‘Airplane seat choice’ NYT Mini crossword clue solution and hints

This is one of the hardest clues in today’s Aug. 6 NYT Mini Crossword because the answer doesn’t best describe the “Airplane seat choice” clue. Nevertheless, you need the answer to complete the puzzle, so let’s get you flying high.

‘Airplane seat choice’ Aug. 6 NYT Mini Crossword hints

• Hint 1: It starts with two different vowels and three in total.
• Hint 2: We need a clean-up here.
• Hint 3: Wedding ceremony path.
• Hint 4: It starts with “A.”

I’ve solved four clues, so it’s time to reach our destination and prepare for landing.

‘Airplane seat choice’ NYT Mini clue answer

“AISLE” solves the four down clue in today’s NYT Mini Crossword word game.

For only five letters, “aisle” features three unique vowels—including two consecutively at the beginning—and shops tend to alert employees that they need to clean up a certain aisle. Walking down the aisle at a wedding is common, and the solution starts with “a.”

‘Airplane seat choice’ clue difficulty rating

Again, I’m not entirely sure the clue and answer pair up too well, but the connection is there, and you could get the answer through a process of elimination. Iprefer the window seat as I love the view! Regardless, I still think it’s tricky, so I’m slapping a four out of five rating on this clue.

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

Many other daily word games exist, such as the LA Times and Washington Post, which concentrate purely on crossword goodness, whereas Strands and Spelling Bee are more general word games with elements of crosswords.