NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, October 11, 2026

5x5 grid · Show any single answer, or the full grid at the bottom

A Sunday 5x5 by Joel Fagliano: a towel and an idea up top, a sting and a shine in the middle rows, and the surface for skipping a stone at the bottom. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Towel (off)
WIPE
5. Result of brainstorming
IDEA
6. What jellyfish and bees do
STING
7. Glowed bright
SHONE
8. Surface over which to skip a stone … as illustrated in the circled letters
WATER

Down

1. The Beatles' "___ Little Help From My Friends"
WITHA
2. Dummy
IDIOT
3. Pasta that can be made "alla vodka"
PENNE
4. Like a beaver, in a saying
EAGER
6. Direction from N.Y.C. to Miami: Abbr.
SSW

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: WIPE · IDEA · STING · SHONE · WATER
Down: WITHA · IDIOT · PENNE · EAGER · SSW

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