NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Thursday, October 29, 2026

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

A Thursday 5x5 by Joel Fagliano with a black square in the top-right corner and two more closing off the bottom-left. Two of the Across clues are a rhyming pair - Dummy and Tummy - and the grid ends on a three-letter political org. in the bottom-right corner. Tap a clue to show just that answer, one by one.

Across

1. Gummy ___
BEAR
5. Dummy
IDIOT
7. Tummy
BELLY
8. Mean facial expression
SNEER
9. Left-wing political org. that includes Zohran Mamdani and A.O.C.
DSA

Down

1. Garments worn in high chairs
BIBS
2. Garden for Adam and Eve
EDEN
3. Felt sick
AILED
4. Willy Wonka and Bob Dylan, for Timothée Chalamet
ROLES
6. Banks of "America's Next Top Model"
TYRA

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: BEAR · IDIOT · BELLY · SNEER · DSA
Down: BIBS · EDEN · AILED · ROLES · TYRA

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