NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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

A Tuesday 5x5 with a duplicated clue: 4-Across and 6-Across carry the exact same clue, and both answers earn it - one is what the scoreboard shows, the other is what your shoes need. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Gift decoration
BOW
4. What might be all tied up for a basketball game
SCORE
6. What might be all tied up for a basketball game
LACES
7. Theme park that Walt Disney envisioned as a utopian city
EPCOT
8. Small
WEE

Down

1. Lawn bowling game
BOCCE
2. Dunkable cookie
OREO
3. Direction headed by Lewis and Clark
WEST
4. Whole bunch
SLEW
5. Not every hero wears one, in a saying
CAPE

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: BOW · SCORE · LACES · EPCOT · WEE
Down: BOCCE · OREO · WEST · SLEW · CAPE

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