NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, October 4, 2026

6x5 grid · Show any single answer, or the full grid at the bottom

A Sunday 6x5 by Sam Ezersky: a wine barrel and a Pussycat across the top, the Knicks through the middle, a Pig Latin denial to finish, and Santa coming to town down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Wine barrel
CASK
5. Leader of the Pussycats, in comics and film
JOSIE
6. In a nutshell
SIMPLY
7. 2026 N.B.A. champions
KNICKS
8. Denial that sounds like 7-Across in Pig Latin
IXNAY

Down

1. "Santa Claus Is ___ to Town" (holiday hit)
COMIN
2. Pet adoption org.
ASPCA
3. Like the texture of fine bedsheets
SILKY
4. Bad things to leave locked in your house
KEYS
5. "We said the same thing at the same time!"
JINX
6. Hit the slopes
SKI

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: CASK · JOSIE · SIMPLY · KNICKS · IXNAY
Down: COMIN · ASPCA · SILKY · KEYS · JINX · SKI

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