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For the Friday, July 11, 2025, NYT Mini, the across answers are AIDS, CREAM, RABBI, EQUAL and SIGN; the down answers are ACRES, IRAQI, DEBUG, SABAN and MIL. The linked across entries form EQUAL SIGN. Start with the letter nudges below if you want to keep solving, or skip to the complete key.
Hints for the July 11 Mini
These nudges reveal one letter per answer. Use them before opening the full clue-and-answer list.
Across
- 1A: The answer ends in S.
- 5A: The answer starts with C.
- 7A: The answer starts with R.
- 8A: The answer ends in L.
- 9A: The answer ends in N.
Down
- 1D: The answer ends in S.
- 2D: The answer starts with I.
- 3D: The answer starts with D.
- 4D: The answer ends in N.
- 6D: The answer ends in L.
Complete clue-and-answer key
Parade’s dated guide supplies the clue wording and complete answer key. The clue set and date are also corroborated by Try Hard Guides, whose opened page did not expose answer values.
Across
| Entry | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Helpful things | AIDS |
| 5A | Pale shade of yellowish-white | CREAM |
| 7A | Spiritual leader whose name translates to “my teacher” | RABBI |
| 8A | With 9-Across, parallel bars? | EQUAL |
| 9A | See 8-Across | SIGN |
Down
| Entry | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | Units of farmland | ACRES |
| 2D | Dweller in the country where the Tigris and Euphrates meet | IRAQI |
| 3D | Fix, as glitchy software | DEBUG |
| 4D | Longtime Alabama football coach Nick | SABAN |
| 6D | $1,000,000, informally | MIL |
Why the two long across entries fit together
8-Across is EQUAL and 9-Across is SIGN, making the phrase “EQUAL SIGN,” which matches the clue’s reference to parallel bars.
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Sources and date check
This key is for Friday, July 11, 2025—not an adjacent day’s Mini. Parade’s guide, by Choya Johnson, is dated July 10, 2025 and provides the hints and answers: Parade’s July 11 NYT Mini guide. Try Hard Guides published its dated clue list on July 10, 2025; it corroborates the clue set, but its opened page did not show the answers: Try Hard Guides’ July 11 NYT Mini page.
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