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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, August 2, 2026

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A Sunday 5x5 by Sam Ezersky: WIFI opens the Across clues and WSJ runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Something you might ask for while staying over at a friend's house
WIFI
5. Genre for "Stranger Things"
SCIFI
7. Unlikely pants to wear to a wedding
JEANS
8. Octagonal sign word
STOP
9. Where sows are housed
STY

Down

1. Newspaper that covers the stock market, for short
WSJ
2. Puts a cold pack on
ICES
3. Official decrees
FIATS
4. "Otherwise ..."
IFNOT
6. Words before "with my little eye," in a game
ISPY

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: WIFI · SCIFI · JEANS · STOP · STY
Down: WSJ · ICES · FIATS · IFNOT · ISPY

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