‘Language Spoken in Bangkok’ NYT Mini Crossword Answer and Hints

Those unfamiliar with geography may be struggling with today’s NYT crossword: “Language Spoken in Bangkok.” If this is you, or you’re not sure about the answer, you’ll find it below.

‘Language spoken in Bangkok’ October 2 NYT Mini Crossword clues and answer

• Tip 1: It starts with a ‘T’.
• Tip 2: It ends with an ‘I’.
• Tip 3: It rhymes with ‘hello’.
• Tip 4: It is a shortened version of the country’s name.

The answer to the “Language spoken in Bangkok” clue from the October 2 NYT Mini Crossword Puzzle is “THAI.” Thai is spoken here in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

All the clues and answers in the October 2 NYT mini crossword puzzle

About

• 1A Noodle soup, the national dish of Vietnam –PHO
• 4A Scattered and unreliable –FLAKY
• 6A Like silence in a horror movie, so to speak:SCARY
• 7A ‘Sorry, can you repeat that? I____listen”—WASN’T
• 8A Language spoken in Bangkok—THAI

Down

• 1D Fold on a kilt –FOLD
• 2D Overly negative, as if critical –CRUEL
• 3D Hawaiian diacritic that resembles an apostrophe:OKINA
• 4D Hardly-FEW
• 5D Mythical mountain monster—YETI

Difficulty of the language spoken in Bangkok

I immediately knew the answer to this clue because I love Thai food and Thailand. So for me, this clue was a cinch to answer. However, if you are not familiar with Thailand, its capital or main language, this clue would have been difficult to solve. That’s why I give it a difficulty level of four out of five.

The best mini puzzles to enjoy after today’s NYT crossword puzzle

If you want to play more mini-puzzles, the LA Times and the Washington Post also offer daily mini-crosswords. But if you want more word-based games, the NYT has two you can try: Strands and Spelling Bee.