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For the Friday, August 7, 2026, NYT Mini Crossword, the Across answers are MAC, COLOR, ARGUE, BOARD, and NET; the Down answers are MORON, ALGAE, COURT, CAB, and RED. Three secondary answer guides agree on the key, though the official NYT puzzle page was not accessible for direct verification.
Spoiler alert: The clue-and-answer list below reveals the puzzle.
Across answers
- 1A. Apple computer — MAC
- 4A. What the Kansas scenes lack that the Oz scenes do not, in “The Wizard of Oz” — COLOR
- 6A. Quarrel (with) — ARGUE
- 7A. Get on an airplane — BOARD
- 8A. “Nothing but ___!” — NET
Down answers
- 1D. Nincompoop — MORON
- 2D. Bottom of the aquatic food chain — ALGAE
- 3D. Pickleball venue — COURT
- 4D. Yellow symbol of N.Y.C. — CAB
- 5D. Like the logos of Stanford and Harvard — RED
Verification
The dated Wordhint guide, the Parade guide syndicated by Yahoo Tech, and Analytics Insight report the same ten clue-answer pairs: Wordhint, Parade via Yahoo Tech, and Analytics Insight. Their agreement supports this answer key, but it is secondary reporting rather than direct confirmation from the NYT puzzle page.
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