NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, November 7, 2026

7x7 grid · Show any single answer, or the full grid at the bottom

A Saturday Mini on a full 7x7 frame, and a playful one: it opens with a pupper in the top corner, hides a canine expert in the long middle row - a DENTIST, because canines are teeth - and lets Dorothy chase her RAINBOW two rows below it. The long Downs do the heavy lifting, with OREGANO, GENUINE, FRISBEE and INSTOCK running the full height of the grid today. Tap any clue to show just that one answer, then work through the rest of the grid at whatever pace suits you.

Across

1. Pupper
DOG
4. Sight in a shark movie … or at the end of a French film
FIN
7. ___ you serious?
ARE
8. Genetic molecule
RNA
9. Canine expert
DENTIST
11. Common word in a hotel Wi-Fi network name
GUEST
12. What Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz' wants to get over?
RAINBOW
14. ___ Taylor (fashion brand)
ANN
15. Prefix with friendly
ECO
16. 'The Tell-Tale Heart' writer
POE
17. Barely manage, with 'out'
EKE

Down

1. Father's Day honoree
DAD
2. Herb for spaghetti sauce
OREGANO
3. The real deal
GENUINE
4. Toy that's flying off the shelves?
FRISBEE
5. On the shelves
INSTOCK
6. Singer ___ King Cole
NAT
10. Highest point value for a Scrabble tile
TEN
12. Jay-Z's genre
RAP
13. Misfortune
WOE

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: DOG · FIN · ARE · RNA · DENTIST · GUEST · RAINBOW · ANN · ECO · POE · EKE
Down: DAD · OREGANO · GENUINE · FRISBEE · INSTOCK · NAT · TEN · RAP · WOE

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