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 B
- 6 starts with P
- 7 starts with P
- 8 starts with R
- 9 starts with R
- 10 starts with A
- 12 starts with T
- 13 starts with S
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Poker game entry fee BUYIN
- 6 Across: Multi-story temple PAGODA
- 7 Across: Bird that can survive temperatures of -60 C° PENGUIN
- 8 Across: Really awesome RAD
- 9 Across: ___ Burgundy, hotshot anchorman in "Anchorman" RON
- 10 Across: Science class that really gets under your skin? ANATOMY
- 12 Across: Loose-fitting garments of ancient Greece TUNICS
- 13 Across: Orderly pile STACK
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Piece of cloth tied around the head (7)
- 2 Brand with fleece-lined boots (3)
- 3 "Nice job, dude!" (7)
- 4 "Good egg" and "bad apple" (6)
- 5 Caretaker for small kids (5)
- 6 Tiny bit of packing material (6)
- 7 Utter fools, to a Brit (5)
- 11 ___-tac-toe (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with B
- 2 starts with U
- 3 starts with Y
- 4 starts with I
- 5 starts with N
- 6 starts with P
- 7 starts with P
- 11 starts with T
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Piece of cloth tied around the head BANDANA
- 2 Down: Brand with fleece-lined boots UGG
- 3 Down: "Nice job, dude!" YOUROCK
- 4 Down: "Good egg" and "bad apple" IDIOMS
- 5 Down: Caretaker for small kids NANNY
- 6 Down: Tiny bit of packing material PEANUT
- 7 Down: Utter fools, to a Brit PRATS
- 11 Down: ___-tac-toe TIC
Show the solved grid
1B2U3Y4I5N6PAGODA7PENGUIN8RAD9RON10ANA11TOMY12TUNICS13STACK
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