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 A
- 7 starts with C
- 8 starts with L
- 9 starts with E
- 10 starts with I
- 13 starts with D
- 14 starts with K
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Its state quarter features a grizzly bear catching a salmon ALASKA
- 7 Across: Run-of-the-mill COMMON
- 8 Across: Needing a friend LONELY
- 9 Across: Grazing animal in the Rockies ELK
- 10 Across: Freestanding counter at the center of a kitchen ISLAND
- 13 Across: Eating plan participant DIETER
- 14 Across: Class with colored belts KARATE
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Knee injury site, for short (3)
- 2 Brit's bathroom (3)
- 3 Memory loss issue (7)
- 4 Nose, by function (7)
- 5 Major Indian city that's the capital of West Bengal (7)
- 6 "___ given Sunday!" (football fan's maxim) (3)
- 10 Texting equivalent of a shrug (3)
- 11 After taxes (3)
- 12 "Dr." who co-founded Death Row Records (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with A
- 2 starts with L
- 3 starts with A
- 4 starts with S
- 5 starts with K
- 6 starts with A
- 10 starts with I
- 11 starts with N
- 12 starts with D
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Knee injury site, for short ACL
- 2 Down: Brit's bathroom LOO
- 3 Down: Memory loss issue AMNESIA
- 4 Down: Nose, by function SMELLER
- 5 Down: Major Indian city that's the capital of West Bengal KOLKATA
- 6 Down: "___ given Sunday!" (football fan's maxim) ANY
- 10 Down: Texting equivalent of a shrug IDK
- 11 Down: After taxes NET
- 12 Down: "Dr." who co-founded Death Row Records DRE
Show the solved grid
1A2L3A4S5K6A7COMMON8LONELY9ELK10ISLA11N12D13DIETER14KARATE
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