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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, August 21, 2026

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

Across

  • 1. With 8-Across, candy pieces that got their name after the chocolatier tried to make them perfectly round, but failed
    MILK
  • 5. Home of Brunei and Bhutan
    ASIA
  • 6. Like the skin of snakes and fish
    SCALY
  • 7. Take ___ (suffer financially)
    AHIT
  • 8. See 1-Across
    DUDS

Down

  • 1. ___ Picchu
    MACHU
  • 2. "To repeat myself ..."
    ISAID
  • 3. Gentle musical melodies
    LILTS
  • 4. What "every kiss begins with," in jewelry ads
    KAY
  • 6. Wearing an upside-down smile
    SAD

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: MILK · ASIA · SCALY · AHIT · DUDS
Down: MACHU · ISAID · LILTS · KAY · SAD
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