NYT Mini Hints and Answers for Sunday, September 14, 2025

These are the clues and answers for the NYT Mini Crossword published Sunday, September 14, 2025. Try the extra-letter hints first, then scroll to the clearly marked Across and Down solutions when you are ready.

Extra-letter hints for September 14, 2025

Each hint reveals one letter of the answer without giving away the whole entry. The clue wording and numbering below follow Parade’s date-specific guide.

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Across

• 1 Across — “Tailgate attendee”: ends with N.
• 4 Across — “Sin City”: ends with S.
• 6 Across — “Seine city”: starts with P.
• 7 Across — “Fashion designer Madden”: ends with E.
• 8 Across — “You get what I’m saying?”: starts with S.

Down

• 1 Down — “Major accomplishments”: starts with F.
• 2 Down — “Side (with)”: ends with E.
• 3 Down — “Likely to buy an obvious lie”: starts with N.
• 4 Down — “Elected officials who ride in Air Force Two: Abbr.”: starts with V.
• 5 Down — “Opposite of NNW”: ends with S.

Full answers

Spoilers below. Parade and Try Hard Guides independently list the same clues and solutions for this date.

Across answers

1. 1 Across: FAN
2. 4 Across: VEGAS
3. 6 Across: PARIS
4. 7 Across: STEVE
5. 8 Across: SEE

Down answers

1. 1 Down: FEATS
2. 2 Down: AGREE
3. 3 Down: NAIVE
4. 4 Down: VPS
5. 5 Down: SSE

Sources and date context

This is a historical answer guide for September 14, 2025, not a current-day puzzle page. The clue list and answers are corroborated by Parade’s September 14, 2025 guide and Try Hard Guides’ September 14, 2025 guide. Both are secondary answer guides rather than an official NYT puzzle archive; they do not establish this puzzle’s constructor, editor, theme, or intended solving time.

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