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 W
- 8 starts with A
- 9 starts with G
- 10 starts with X
- 11 starts with P
- 15 starts with O
- 16 starts with R
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Alphabet song lyric before "Now I know my ABCs" WXYANDZ
- 8 Across: Sea creature whose name sounds like "Ah, baloney!" ABALONE
- 9 Across: Skin markings after a sunny day on the links GOLFTAN
- 10 Across: Gen ___ (member of the "MTV generation") XER
- 11 Across: Medieval weapon POLEAXE
- 15 Across: Fasting intermittently, say ONADIET
- 16 Across: Phrases differently REWORDS
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Shake, like a dog's tail (3)
- 2 Gaming console with a number in its name (7)
- 3 Prestigious J.D. program in New Haven, Conn. (7)
- 4 Creamy pasta sauce (7)
- 5 "Believe it or ___ ..." (3)
- 6 Double-helix molecule (3)
- 7 Buddhism branch associated with gardens (3)
- 11 "___ favor" (basic Spanish phrase) (3)
- 12 What snowboarders try to catch (3)
- 13 Crossed (out) (3)
- 14 Creatures on U.F.O.s, for short (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with W
- 2 starts with X
- 3 starts with Y
- 4 starts with A
- 5 starts with N
- 6 starts with D
- 7 starts with Z
- 11 starts with P
- 12 starts with A
- 13 starts with X
- 14 starts with E
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Shake, like a dog's tail WAG
- 2 Down: Gaming console with a number in its name XBOXONE
- 3 Down: Prestigious J.D. program in New Haven, Conn. YALELAW
- 4 Down: Creamy pasta sauce ALFREDO
- 5 Down: "Believe it or ___ ..." NOT
- 6 Down: Double-helix molecule DNA
- 7 Down: Buddhism branch associated with gardens ZEN
- 11 Down: "___ favor" (basic Spanish phrase) POR
- 12 Down: What snowboarders try to catch AIR
- 13 Down: Crossed (out) XED
- 14 Down: Creatures on U.F.O.s, for short ETS
Show the solved grid
1W2X3Y4A5N6D7Z8ABALONE9GOLFTAN10XER11POLE12A13X14E15ONADIET16REWORDS
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