This answer guide is for the Sunday, September 28, 2025 NYT Mini Crossword. The clues and solutions are below; stop before the spoiler section if you want to solve it first.
Hints for the September 28 Mini
- 1-Across: Think of making someone act like a chicken, not preparing one for dinner.
- 2-Down: The missing name in the rapper Playboi ___.
Spoilers: Sunday, September 28, 2025 answers
Spoilers ahead. The solutions are listed by direction and clue number.
Across
- 1A. Make chicken? — SCARE
- 6A. Stretchy glove material — LATEX
- 7A. Island that’s the “A” of the so-called ABC Islands — ARUBA
- 8A. Gently play, as a guitar — STRUM
- 9A. Helpful link for a daily Spelling Bee solver — HINTS
Down
- 1D. What’s typed instead of a question mark if you forget to press shift — SLASH
- 2D. Rapper Playboi ___ — CARTI
- 3D. Take ___ for the worse — A TURN
- 4D. Make a counterargument against — REBUT
- 5D. Midterms and finals — EXAMS
“A TURN” is shown as two words here; in the grid, its letters fill consecutive squares. Erik Kain’s Forbes guide notes that 1-Across initially suggested cooking chicken to him, but the clue means to frighten someone into becoming a “chicken.”
When the Sunday Mini becomes available
The New York Times says its daily Mini is available the evening before its publish date; Sunday puzzles begin at 6 p.m. EST on Saturday. That schedule explains why guides for the September 28 puzzle appeared on September 27. The NYT describes the Mini as a smaller crossword in which Across and Down answers cross to fill the grid. See the NYT Help Center’s Mini Crossword details.
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