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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, September 12, 2026

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A Saturday 7x7 by Sam Ezersky: OYSTERS opens the Across clues and OCTAVE runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

  • 1. If you order "ostriche" on an Italian menu, you actually get these
    OYSTERS
  • 8. Microsoft's A.I. assistant
    COPILOT
  • 9. Move-in-ready, as a house for sale
    TURNKEY
  • 10. Home's opposite, on scoreboards
    AWAY
  • 11. Old and classic, as a car
    VINTAGE
  • 15. They're revved with a "Vroom!"
    ENGINES
  • 16. M, on a form
    MALE

Down

  • 1. Span from C to C, in music
    OCTAVE
  • 2. "Fine, I give up"
    YOUWIN
  • 3. Pounced
    SPRANG
  • 4. Young boy saved by Scrooge's change of heart
    TINYTIM
  • 5. Antlered animal of the Rockies
    ELK
  • 6. Fish eggs
    ROE
  • 7. Home with a trough of slop
    STY
  • 12. Actress de Armas
    ANA
  • 13. Stylist's goo
    GEL
  • 14. Suffix with Vietnam and Senegal
    ESE

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: OYSTERS · COPILOT · TURNKEY · AWAY · VINTAGE · ENGINES · MALE
Down: OCTAVE · YOUWIN · SPRANG · TINYTIM · ELK · ROE · STY · ANA · GEL · ESE
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