Here are the answers to the NYT Mini crossword for Thursday, November 20, 2025. The Across and Down clues and solutions are listed below; Forbes and The Word Finder publish matching clue sets and answers.
Across answers
- 1A — SKIP: “Song on an album that you always avoid, colloquially.”
- 5A — TEMU: “Low-budget Chinese shopping site.”
- 6A — COVET: “Strongly desire.”
- 7A — ARIA: “Opera solo.”
- 8A — PENN: “Ivy League school with a statue of Ben Franklin.”
Down answers
- 1D — STORE: “Walmart or Walgreens.”
- 2D — KEVIN: “Home Alone boy.”
- 3D — I MEAN: “Let me rephrase that …”
- 4D — PUT: “Set (down).”
- 6D — CAP: “Toothpaste tube topper.”
How to use the answers
If you are solving the grid, try the clue that is holding you up before checking its entry above. The crossing answers can help confirm letters in longer entries such as STORE, KEVIN and COVET. The clue-and-answer listings from Forbes and The Word Finder agree on the dated puzzle’s clues and solutions.
About the Mini format
Secondary descriptions characterize the Mini as a compact counterpart to the larger newspaper crossword. Forbes says most days have three to five clues in each direction on a 5×5 grid, with larger puzzles especially on Saturdays; The Word Finder describes the usual grid as 5×5 Sunday through Friday and 7×7 on Saturdays. These are descriptions from those publications, not an official NYT specification.
Access and source note
Forbes reports that the Mini and previous puzzles in the archive require an NYT Games subscription. That access detail is Forbes’s report; the reviewed listings do not establish current subscription terms through an official NYT source. The answer pages agree, but both are secondary sources rather than an official NYT puzzle record.
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