The October 18 date most likely refers to the Friday, October 18, 2024 NYT Mini Crossword. The available dated guides identify its five Across and five Down clues, but do not provide a verifiable complete grid here. Use the clue list below for a spoiler-light nudge, or open a dated answer guide if you want to reveal entries.
Across clues
- Packers make picks in it, for short — Think of the annual event where NFL teams select players.
- Slow ___ (South Asian primate) — The missing word completes the animal’s common name.
- The “S” of N.Y.S.E. — Expand the abbreviation for the New York Stock Exchange.
- Like twilight — Consider the light level at the boundary between day and night.
- Wilt Chamberlain once had 100 in a single N.B.A. game: Abbr. — The clue asks for an abbreviated scoring statistic.
Down clues
- Still sleeping — A short phrase describing someone who has not woken up.
- “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by” poet — Identify the poet of “The Road Not Taken.”
- Dog kisses — A playful term for a dog’s licks.
- Trippy drug — A brief, informal term for a hallucinogen.
- The air up there — Think of the atmospheric condition often associated with high elevations.
Where to check the completed grid
The dated Try Hard Guides answer page and Creative Collaboration page identify the October 18, 2024 puzzle. The Mini Answers archive describes daily pages with clues, optional hints, a completed grid, and explanations; use its date navigation to find the relevant puzzle. These are third-party resources, not official NYT pages.
Why the year matters
October 18 falls on a different weekday in different years, and the Mini changes daily. The dated guides surfaced for this title point to Friday, October 18, 2024, so check the year before using any answer page. Try Hard Guides describes the Mini as a shorter version of the NYT crossword available online; current access requirements were not established.
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