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Spoilers: If you mean the most recent October 23, the NYT Mini answers below are for Thursday, October 23, 2025. The year matters: the puzzle changes from one October 23 to another.
October 23, 2025 NYT Mini answers
Across and down answers are listed separately. The clue wording below is from Forbes’ October 23, 2025 answer guide; Try Hard Guides reports the same clue set.
Across
| Number | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Like some weather, memories and I.P.A.s | HAZY |
| 5A | Statement that’s self-evidently true | AXIOM |
| 7A | Civic automaker | HONDA |
| 8A | What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin | ANGER |
| 9A | Foxlike | SLY |
Down
| Number | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | Verbal “lol” | HAHA |
| 2D | Brain signal transmitter | AXON |
| 3D | Hits with a witty comeback | ZINGS |
| 4D | Sing at the top of a mountain, maybe | YODEL |
| 6D | Name of the famous “Queen of Scots” | MARY |
Why the year matters
October 23, 2024 had a different Mini answer set: ANISE, CIDER, KNEES, JAY and ALA across; ACK, NINJA, IDEAL, SEEYA and ERS down. Those entries are from the October 23, 2024 answer page, and should not be mixed with the 2025 grid.
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