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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Thursday, July 30, 2026

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

A Thursday 5x5 by Ian Livengood: SOCK opens the Across clues and SCAR runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Half of a clothing pair
SOCK
5. Early 2000s hip-hop subgenre for songs like "Get Low" and "Yeah!"
CRUNK
7. Concur
AGREE
8. Baltimore N.F.L. player
RAVEN
9. Tree house, of a sort
NEST

Down

1. Harry Potter's defining mark
SCAR
2. Lungs or liver
ORGAN
3. Dangerous stretch of a mountain road
CURVE
4. Body parts touched after the shoulders, in song
KNEES
6. Clark ___ a.k.a. Superman
KENT

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: SOCK · CRUNK · AGREE · RAVEN · NEST
Down: SCAR · ORGAN · CURVE · KNEES · KENT

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