NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Hints for August 13, 2025

Need a nudge before seeing the whole grid? Start with the letter hints below, then open the answer key when you’re ready. This is the Wednesday, August 13, 2025 NYT Mini.

Hints for the August 13 NYT Mini

Each hint gives the clue and one crossing-letter nudge without revealing the full entry.

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Across

1. 1 Across — Sailboat’s post: Ends with T.
2. 5 Across — “My ___ car is a …” (bumper sticker phrase): Starts with O.
3. 7 Across — Official state mammal of Alaska and Maine: Starts with M.
4. 8 Across — T-shirt size: Ends with L.
5. 9 Across — Defeat, as a dragon: Starts with S.

Down

1. 1 Down — Story time readers, perhaps: Starts with M.
2. 2 Down — “There are roughly ten million billion (10¹⁶) of these in a grain of salt”: Ends with S. This is the puzzle clue’s wording, not an independently verified scientific statistic.
3. 3 Down — Sandbank: Starts with S.
4. 4 Down — Automaker named after an inventor: Starts with W.
5. 6 Down — Count (on): Ends with Y.

Full answer key

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Across

• 1: MAST
• 5: OTHER
• 7: MOOSE
• 8: SMALL
• 9: SLAY

Down

• 1: MOMS
• 2: ATOMS
• 3: SHOAL
• 4: TESLA
• 6: RELY

About the dated puzzle

This guide is for the Wednesday, August 13, 2025 puzzle, not a later day’s Mini. Forbes describes the weekday Mini as a five-by-five grid. Its guide reports that the puzzle is free on the NYT website or Games app, while access to previous puzzles in the archive requires an NYT Games subscription; access terms can change, so check the current NYT Games listing before relying on them. Forbes’ August 12, 2025 guide gives that context. Parade’s dated guide was published August 12, 2025 at 10:11 p.m. EDT and reports a 10 p.m. reset; that is the publisher’s report, not a statement of a currently verified schedule. Parade’s August 13 puzzle guide contains the clue-by-clue hints.

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