‘Opposite of acid’ NYT Mini Crossword clue, answer and hints

Have you ever visited your high school chemistry lab? I have, and it’s a lot of fun mixing different solutions to create useful products. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue “Opposite of acid” tests your scientific temperament and asks you to come up with an alternative to acid.

If today’s NYT Mini Crossword clue seems tricky, check out these hints and solutions for the September 21 puzzle and you’ll be playing the word game in no time.

‘Opposite of Sour’ NYT September 22 Mini Crossword hints and answers

• Tip 1: The answer points to something that is simple to understand and fundamental.
• Tip 2: The five-letter word used to describe a solution with a pH greater than 7.
• Tip 3: It starts with the letter “B.”
• Tip 4: The solution is a synonym for elementary or simple.

Let’s empty the test tubes and reveal the answer.

Did you see it coming? The answer to a cross in the September 22 New York Times Mini Crossword is “BASIC.” The designation opposite acid refers to the basic solution that has a pH greater than seven. You can distinguish between acids and bases by performing a litmus test. Some common items that are basic in nature are baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), soap, toothpaste, and many more.

‘Opposite of sour’ NYT Mini Crossword difficulty

If you took chemistry in high school, you should be aware of acids and bases, which are fundamental concepts. However, the clue gets trickier when you have to dissolve the base with a solvent to get the basic solution and your answer, so it requires a bit of science knowledge to solve this.

I would give it a shot three out of five for difficulties.

NYT Mini Crossword (September 22) Answers

About

• 1A Opposite of acidic—BASIC
• 6A Where the hamstring is located-THIGH
• 7A Pixar film with virtually no dialogue in the first 35 minutes—WALLE
• 8A Glacier-SLOWLY
• 9A “Yo ___” (Spanish for “I am”)—SOY

Down

• 1D “Oh, I wanted to tell you…” in lyrics—BTW
• 2D Moments of light balls—AHAS
• 3D Window sills—VILLAGES
• 4D Shelter made of snow blocks-IGLOO
• 5D Like bagels and gummy bears—CHEWING

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