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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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

Across

1. Caitlin Clark's league, for short
WNBA
5. Odysseus's hiding place when entering the city of Troy
HORSE
7. Hawaiian "hi"
ALOHA
8. Personal opinions, in modern parlance
TAKES
9. Where a nuthatch hatches
NEST

Down

1. "Come again?"
WHAT
2. Hall-of-Fame pitcher ___ Ryan
NOLAN
3. Unloaded?
BROKE
4. What a phoenix rises from
ASHES
6. The "E" of NE
EAST

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: WNBA · HORSE · ALOHA · TAKES · NEST
Down: WHAT · NOLAN · BROKE · ASHES · EAST

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