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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, August 17, 2026

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

Across

  • 1. Brownie ingredients
    EGGS
  • 5. Gym rep on leg day
    SQUAT
  • 6. "Silly" stuff
    PUTTY
  • 7. Stand for a painter
    EASEL
  • 8. Bonnie and ___, classic crime couple
    CLYDE

Down

  • 1. =
    EQUAL
  • 2. Courageous
    GUTSY
  • 3. Fenced in, as a private community
    GATED
  • 4. What "each of us already has, all we need to do is find it," per Diane von Furstenberg
    STYLE
  • 5. Contractor's detail, for short
    SPEC

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: EGGS · SQUAT · PUTTY · EASEL · CLYDE
Down: EQUAL · GUTSY · GATED · STYLE · SPEC
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