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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

5x5 grid · Show any single answer, or the full grid at the bottom

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

Across

1. Work's opposite
PLAY
5. Glass-encased flower in "Beauty and the Beast"
ROSE
6. Stack on a nightstand
BOOKS
7. Tree or cobra, in yoga class
POSE
8. Not that many
AFEW

Down

1. Measure of alcoholic content
PROOF
2. Feeling relaxed
LOOSE
3. Slightly crooked
ASKEW
4. Rarely true response to "Have you read our terms and conditions?"
YES
6. ___-free (label on water bottles)
BPA

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: PLAY · ROSE · BOOKS · POSE · AFEW
Down: PROOF · LOOSE · ASKEW · YES · BPA

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