These clues and answers are for the NYT Mini Crossword dated Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Start with the hints below if you want help without seeing the completed grid; the full answers follow.
Hints for the June 10, 2025 Mini
Use each clue’s answer length and the crossings in your grid to narrow it down. These hints give a nudge without spelling out the fills.
Across
- 1A: What you might consult at a trailhead.
- 5A: The Pulitzer-winning 2024 novel that retells Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from Jim’s perspective.
- 6A: A visitor from another world in a science-fiction movie.
- 7A: Fine, light strands.
- 8A: Informal word for attitude or cheek.
Down
- 1D: Michelle Obama’s older daughter.
- 2D: Slightly crooked or out of alignment.
- 3D: Marshmallow candies often found in Easter baskets.
- 4D: Taxpayer identification numbers abbreviated with four letters.
- 5D: The 1975 shark thriller.
Full answers
Spoilers: The completed fills are below.
Across
- 1A. Displays at a trailhead: MAPS
- 5A. Pulitzer-winning 2024 novel that reimagined Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from Jim’s perspective: JAMES
- 6A. Invader in a sci-fi movie: ALIEN
- 7A. Thin strands: WISPS
- 8A. ‘Tude: SASS
Down
- 1D. One of Michelle Obama’s daughters: MALIA
- 2D. A little out of whack: ASKEW
- 3D. Marshmallow treats in Easter baskets: PEEPS
- 4D. I.R.S. IDs: SSNS
- 5D. 1975 film with a 25-foot animatronic shark: JAWS
Where to play
A 2025 guide to this puzzle said the Mini could be played on the New York Times website or app and described archive access as requiring the app. Those are the guide’s access details at publication time, not confirmation of current availability or subscription terms. The guide is by Forbes Senior Contributor Erik Kain, published June 9, 2025.
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