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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, July 17, 2026

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A Friday 5x5 by Joel Fagliano: QUE opens the Across clues and QUITO runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

  • 1. Spanish question word
    QUE
  • 4. National Ice Cream Month and National Hot Dog Month
    JULY
  • 5. Battery life, informally
    JUICE
  • 6. Poker buy-ins
    ANTES
  • 7. Tie up, as a ship
    MOOR

Down

  • 1. Only world capital that starts with "Q"
    QUITO
  • 2. Painful sore
    ULCER
  • 3. Snake ___ (dice roll)
    EYES
  • 4. The daughter of Saturn, sister of Jupiter and mother to Mars, in Roman myth
    JUNO
  • 5. Traffic snarl
    JAM

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: QUE · JULY · JUICE · ANTES · MOOR
Down: QUITO · ULCER · EYES · JUNO · JAM
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