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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, August 23, 2026

5x6 grid · Show any single answer, or the full grid at the bottom

A Sunday 5x6 by Joel Fagliano: MASON opens the Across clues and MAG runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. ___-Dixon line
MASON
6. More than enough
AMPLE
7. Obvious verdict in Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me"
GUILT
8. Hit the slopes
SKI
9. Something to "keep on the prize"
EYE

Down

1. People or Rolling Stone, for short
MAG
2. Make laugh
AMUSE
3. Like the skin of a durian fruit
SPIKY
4. Skate park jump
OLLIE
5. Part of a ping-pong table
NET

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: MASON · AMPLE · GUILT · SKI · EYE
Down: MAG · AMUSE · SPIKY · OLLIE · NET

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