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
- 1 Gift decoration (3)
- 4 What might be all tied up for a basketball game (5)
- 6 What might be all tied up for a basketball game (5)
- 7 Theme park that Walt Disney envisioned as a utopian city (5)
- 8 Small (3)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with B
- 4 starts with S
- 6 starts with L
- 7 starts with E
- 8 starts with W
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Gift decoration BOW
- 4 Across: What might be all tied up for a basketball game SCORE
- 6 Across: What might be all tied up for a basketball game LACES
- 7 Across: Theme park that Walt Disney envisioned as a utopian city EPCOT
- 8 Across: Small WEE
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Lawn bowling game (5)
- 2 Dunkable cookie (4)
- 3 Direction headed by Lewis and Clark (4)
- 4 Whole bunch (4)
- 5 Not every hero wears one, in a saying (4)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with B
- 2 starts with O
- 3 starts with W
- 4 starts with S
- 5 starts with C
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Lawn bowling game BOCCE
- 2 Down: Dunkable cookie OREO
- 3 Down: Direction headed by Lewis and Clark WEST
- 4 Down: Whole bunch SLEW
- 5 Down: Not every hero wears one, in a saying CAPE
Show the solved grid
1B2O3W4S5CORE6LACES7EPCOT8WEE
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