Here are hints for the Thursday, November 27, 2025, NYT Mini, followed by the complete answer key in a separate spoiler section. Stop after the hints if you want to solve the grid yourself.
Hints for the November 27, 2025, NYT Mini
These clues include starting or ending letters where available. The full answers are below the spoiler warning.
Across
- 1A: Enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal (ends in D)
- 8A: Back half of a GOAT? (starts with A)
- 9A: Sudden urge (ends in E)
- 10A: Santa’s landing place (ends in F)
- 11A: Abstain from eating (starts with F)
- 15A: Tough guy (starts with B)
- 18A: Ready to use without further assembly (ends in Y)
- 19A: Some pieces of [circled letters] at the Thanksgiving table (starts with W)
Down
- 1D: Inside the foul line, in baseball (starts with F)
- 2D: Furry monster with a falsetto (ends in E)
- 3D: Pet food brand (ends in O)
- 4D: Thanksgiving side dish that can fill the [circled letters] (starts with S)
- 5D: Shop ___ you drop (ends in L)
- 6D: M M M M (ends in S)
- 7D: Billy ___ Williams, actor who played Lando Calrissian in “Star Wars” (ends in E)
- 12D: Requests (starts with A)
- 13D: “Get what I’m saying?” (starts with S)
- 14D: Give it a go (ends in Y)
- 15D: “I should mention …,” for short (starts with B)
- 16D: N.B.A. power forward ___ Hachimura (starts with R)
- 17D: Large coffee dispenser (ends in N)
Spoilers: full answers
Across: 1A FEASTED; 8A ALLTIME; 9A IMPULSE; 10A ROOF; 11A FAST; 15A BRUISER; 18A TURNKEY; 19A WINGS.
Down: 1D FAIR; 2D ELMO; 3D ALPO; 4D STUFFING; 5D TIL; 6D EMS; 7D DEE; 12D ASKS; 13D SEE; 14D TRY; 15D BTW; 16D RUI; 17D URN.
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A note on 9-Across
The answer lists are not fully consistent on “Sudden urge.” Parade gives IMPULSE, while PowerUp Gaming lists ROOF for both 9-Across and “Santa’s landing place.” The answer key above follows Parade’s dated guide, which pairs IMPULSE with 9-Across and ROOF with 10-Across; an official NYT archive confirmation was not established. See Parade’s dated guide and the PowerUp Gaming archive for the differing lists.
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Try Hard Guides describes The Mini as a smaller, quicker version of the daily NYT crossword, with a 5-by-5 grid. It reports weekday releases at 10 p.m. ET and weekend releases at 6 p.m. ET; those times are that publisher’s general description, not independently verified NYT policy. Read its November 27, 2025 page.
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