Here are the answers for the New York Times Mini Crossword dated Friday, September 11, 2026. The 5×5 puzzle has five Across and five Down entries. If you meant September 11 in a different year, that edition may have different clues and answers.
Across answers
- 1A: REBUS — Picture puzzle where 👁️ + ❤️ + 🐑 means “I love you”
- 6A: IDAHO — Its license plates read “Famous Potatoes”
- 7A: DECAF — After-dinner coffee order
- 8A: SNOUT — Distinctive feature of an aardvark
- 9A: SNL — Long-running show with a cold open, familiarly
Down answers
- 1D: RIDS — Frees (of)
- 2D: EDENS — Utopian places
- 3D: BACON — “I’ll bring home the turkey if you bring home the ___” (Weezer lyric)
- 4D: UHAUL — Big name in moving trucks
- 5D: SOFT — Word before ware or ball
Edition and source note
The September 11 date is interpreted here as the 2026 edition, listed as a Friday puzzle edited by Joel Fagliano. The answers are reported by Technobezz’s dated answer guide; Try Hard Guides’ listing corroborates the date and clue set. These are secondary answer sources; a full solution on an official NYT page was not verified.
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