Every clue from today's NYT Mini, with the answers hidden until you want them. Start with the lengths, then first letters, then reveal.
Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
- 1 starts with Y
- 4 starts with M
- 5 starts with P
- 6 starts with D
- 7 starts with H
- 8 starts with S
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: "___, queen!" YAS
- 4 Across: Waiter's handout MENU
- 5 Across: Tiny invertebrate that, when grouped in the thousands, makes up a coral POLYP
- 6 Across: Scoop of sour cream DOLLOP
- 7 Across: Spicy wing, as seen on a popular YouTube talk show HOTONE
- 8 Across: Comparative suggested by this visual puzzle: PQRSTUV SLOWER
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
- 1 starts with Y
- 2 starts with A
- 3 starts with S
- 4 starts with M
- 5 starts with P
- 6 starts with D
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Like SpongeBob and Spirit airplanes YELLOW
- 2 Down: "Bueller ...? Bueller ...?" ANYONE
- 3 Down: Meal suggested by this visual puzzle: PQRSTUV SUPPER
- 4 Down: "___ bene" (Italian for "very good") MOLTO
- 5 Down: Amenity in a Florida backyard, perhaps POOL
- 6 Down: Agcy. at the center of a 2026 government shutdown DHS
Show the solved grid
1Y2A3S4MENU5POLYP6DOLLOP7HOTONE8SLOWER
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