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Here are the answers for the Wednesday, September 17, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword. If you want to solve it first, stop before the lists below.
Across answers
| Number | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Middling | SO-SO |
| 5A | Attractive, muscular guy | HUNK |
| 6A | 1/23/45 and 6/7/89 | DATES |
| 7A | Big name in flat-pack furniture | IKEA |
| 8A | Job benefit | PERK |
Down answers
| Number | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | Ice cream drink | SHAKE |
| 2D | Word with space or Banks | OUTER |
| 3D | Quarterback running play | SNEAK |
| 4D | Signs off on | OKS |
| 6D | Buy the ___ (investing strategy) | DIP |
How to play or replay this Mini
The New York Times describes The Mini as a smaller version of its crossword: fill the white squares using Across and Down clues, with crossing answers helping verify each other. Its Help Center says weekday and Saturday Minis become available at 10 p.m. EST the evening before their publish date, so this Wednesday puzzle was scheduled to appear on Tuesday evening. See The Mini Crossword help page for the game and access details.
You can play through the NYT Games app, the NYT crossword website, or the News app. For this past puzzle, choose the Mini archive and navigate by month and year. Games and All Access subscribers have archive access; other readers have limited access. The New York Times Crossword Archive help page explains archive navigation and access.
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