NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, October 25, 2026

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A neat little Mini today: two music genres bookend the Across clues, and one Down clue is a straight anatomy fact. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Music genre for Joni Mitchell or Woody Guthrie
FOLK
5. Flood embankment
LEVEE
6. That is to say ...
I MEAN
7. Music genre with the same first and last letters as the FOLK genre clue
FUNK
8. Hosp. areas that are usually on the ground floor
ERS

Down

1. Strongest bone in the human body
FEMUR
2. Array in a culinary classroom
OVENS
3. Plumbing problem
LEAK
4. He's a doll!
KEN
6. Magazine whose cover featured Elizabeth Taylor a record 14 times
LIFE

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: FOLK · LEVEE · I MEAN · FUNK · ERS
Down: FEMUR · OVENS · LEAK · KEN · LIFE

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