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 K
- 7 starts with F
- 8 starts with C
- 9 starts with T
- 10 starts with B
- 13 starts with F
- 14 starts with F
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: N.B.A. team that plays at M.S.G. KNICKS
- 7 Across: Guy with a nerdy, passionate interest FANBOY
- 8 Across: Rudely merges CUTSIN
- 9 Across: Standard number of bowling pins TEN
- 10 Across: Inflated sense of one's own importance BIGEGO
- 13 Across: Arrived via airplane FLEWIN
- 14 Across: History-making achievements, perhaps FIRSTS
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Colonel Sanders's fast-food chain (3)
- 2 Spiral-shelled mollusks (7)
- 3 1, 2 or 3, but not 1.23 (7)
- 4 "60 Minutes" producer (7)
- 5 Colorful pond fish (3)
- 6 Thesaurus listing: Abbr. (3)
- 10 Closest pal, for short (3)
- 11 "Go on, ___!" ("Scram!") (3)
- 12 Opposite of offs (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with K
- 2 starts with N
- 3 starts with I
- 4 starts with C
- 5 starts with K
- 6 starts with S
- 10 starts with B
- 11 starts with G
- 12 starts with O
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Colonel Sanders's fast-food chain KFC
- 2 Down: Spiral-shelled mollusks NAUTILI
- 3 Down: 1, 2 or 3, but not 1.23 INTEGER
- 4 Down: "60 Minutes" producer CBSNEWS
- 5 Down: Colorful pond fish KOI
- 6 Down: Thesaurus listing: Abbr. SYN
- 10 Down: Closest pal, for short BFF
- 11 Down: "Go on, ___!" ("Scram!") GIT
- 12 Down: Opposite of offs ONS
Show the solved grid
1K2N3I4C5K6S7FANBOY8CUTSIN9TEN10BIGE11G12O13FLEWIN14FIRSTS
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