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
- 5 starts with B
- 6 starts with A
- 7 starts with U
- 8 starts with M
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Eye color of white tigers BLUE
- 5 Across: Home to the largest urban zoo in the United States, with "the" BRONX
- 6 Across: Mayonnaise-like condiment AIOLI
- 7 Across: Not suited for leadership UNFIT
- 8 Across: What Chik'n Nuggets and Beyond Burgers lack MEAT
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Pickle juice (5)
- 2 Shower scrubber (5)
- 3 Dark, as a room (5)
- 4 Door to the outside (4)
- 5 L. Frank ___, author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (4)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with B
- 2 starts with L
- 3 starts with U
- 4 starts with E
- 5 starts with B
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Pickle juice BRINE
- 2 Down: Shower scrubber LOOFA
- 3 Down: Dark, as a room UNLIT
- 4 Down: Door to the outside EXIT
- 5 Down: L. Frank ___, author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" BAUM
Show the solved grid
1B2L3U4E5BRONX6AIOLI7UNFIT8MEAT
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