Need help with the Thursday, October 9, 2025 NYT Mini? Start with the clue list and hints below, then open only the answers you need. The available answer guide confirms BFG and MILES; the other answers are not confirmed by that guide, so they are not presented as verified solutions here.
Clues and spoiler-light hints
Try a hint before revealing an answer. The clues are reproduced from Try Hard Guides’ dated answer guide, a secondary source.
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Across
- 1-Across: “1982 Roald Dahl novel, with ‘The’”
Hint: The title is abbreviated to three letters.
Reveal answer
BFG
- 4-Across: “One way to pay for an airline flight”
Hint: Think of a reward currency earned through travel or a credit card.
Reveal answer
MILES
- 6-Across: “Without help”
- 7-Across: “Sticky secretion from a pine tree”
- 8-Across: “Positive quality”
Down
- 1-Down: “Olympic gymnast with five moves named after her”
- 2-Down: “Dentist’s often-unheeded advice”
- 3-Down: “‘Aladdin’ comic relief”
- 4-Down: “Actress Rooney”
- 5-Down: “Email folder”
What is verified for this puzzle?
The dated guide identifies this as the Thursday, October 9, 2025 NYT Mini and lists five Across and five Down clues. Its retrieved clue pages expose BFG for 1-Across and MILES for 4-Across. It does not establish the other eight answer strings, so this page leaves those entries unrevealed rather than treating likely fills as confirmed.
About the Mini’s release and difficulty
Try Hard Guides describes the Mini as a smaller, quicker version of the daily paper crossword and says it releases at 10 p.m. Eastern on weekdays and 6 p.m. Eastern on weekends. It also describes difficulty as scaling through the week, with Monday easiest and Saturday hardest. These schedule and format details come from that secondary guide, not NYT official documentation.
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