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 T
- 4 starts with C
- 5 starts with C
- 6 starts with H
- 7 starts with O
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: "___ Birds" (Hitchcock film that suggests this puzzle's theme) THE
- 4 Across: Loudly brag CROW
- 5 Across: Stretch out one's neck CRANE
- 6 Across: Advocate of war HAWK
- 7 Across: Test for fifth-year Hogwarts students OWL
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Fish using a large net (5)
- 2 Call from a Canada goose (4)
- 3 Female sheep (3)
- 4 Stick in one's ___ (bird-related idiom) (4)
- 5 Comedian Margaret (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with T
- 2 starts with H
- 3 starts with E
- 4 starts with C
- 5 starts with C
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Fish using a large net TRAWL
- 2 Down: Call from a Canada goose HONK
- 3 Down: Female sheep EWE
- 4 Down: Stick in one's ___ (bird-related idiom) CRAW
- 5 Down: Comedian Margaret CHO
Show the solved grid
1T2H3E4CROW5CRANE6HAWK7OWL
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