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A crossword with two purple sodas on either side of it and the text Purple soda flavor for the NYT Mini.
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‘Purple soda flavor’ NYT Mini Crossword Aug. 9 clue solution and hints

You either love it or hate it.

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.

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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

The Purple soda flavor hint on the Aug. 9 NYT Mini Crossword highlighted.
It’s a fairly controversial flavor. Screenshot by Dot Esports
  • 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

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.


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Kacee Fay
Staff Writer at Dot Esports covering new releases and a wide array of topics including Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Phasmophobia, general gaming, streaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She then joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022 before transitioning to a Staff Writer in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.