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Choose the year below to see the corresponding reported clues and answers. Both historical lists come from secondary reporting; neither was independently confirmed against the NYT game.
October 17, 2025: Friday’s NYT Mini answers
All Things How reported this answer set for Friday, October 17, 2025. Read its full clue-and-answer coverage.
Across
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| “The Naked Gun” or “Scary Movie” | SPOOF |
| “___ cut (short hairstyle)” | PIXIE |
| Napoleon’s punishment after the Battle of Waterloo | EXILE |
| Surrendered | CEDED |
| They travel up and down snow-covered hills | SLEDS |
Down
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glasses, informally | SPECS |
| Dot on a computer screen | PIXEL |
| Nitrous ___ (laughing gas) | OXIDE |
| De-squeaked, as a bike chain | OILED |
| Scrollable features of social media | FEEDS |
October 17, 2024: Thursday’s NYT Mini answers
Forbes reported a different answer set for Thursday, October 17, 2024. Read its full clue-and-answer coverage.
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Across
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Human’s cousin | APE |
| Word after party or prescription | DRUG |
| With the circled letters (literally!), two options when riding an elevator | GOING |
| Gobsmacks | AWES |
| Show on which Bowen Yang plays J.D. Vance, for short | SNL |
Down
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Little Mermaid’s name | ARIEL |
| Plays on words | PUNS |
| ___ + flour = pasta dough | EGG |
| OK (with), informally | DOWN |
| Electric vehicle’s lack | GAS |
Why the year matters
The date alone does not identify a daily crossword: October 17, 2024 fell on a Thursday, while October 17, 2025 fell on a Friday, and the reported grids have different clues and answers. The 2026 date is future relative to October 8, 2026, the timestamp used here; it should not be treated as a solved edition.
The official NYT Mini Crossword page could not be accessed in the targeted check, so the answer sets above are presented as reported by Forbes and All Things How rather than as independently verified NYT solutions.
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