NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, November 8, 2026

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

A Sunday Mini on a tidy 5x5 frame, and a wintry one: it opens with a thin coat of FROST across the top row, lets morning people rise EARLY just beneath it, and hides a grand speech - ORATE - running down the middle column of the grid. The Downs carry the flavor today, with RAMEN named from a Chinese word for pulled noodles and TYLER Durden waiting in the last column. Tap any clue to show just that one answer, then work through the rest of the grid at whatever pace suits you.

Across

1. Thin winter coat?
FROST
6. When morning people like to wake up
EARLY
7. Option on the "How would you like to receive your receipt?" screen
EMAIL
8. "Please, it would be my pleasure"
LETME
9. Villain's facial expression
SNEER

Down

1. Perceives by touch
FEELS
2. Japanese dish with a name from Chinese ("pulled noodles")
RAMEN
3. Give a grand speech
ORATE
4. Gooey kids' toy
SLIME
5. ___ Durden, Brad Pitt's character in "Fight Club"
TYLER

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: FROST · EARLY · EMAIL · LETME · SNEER
Down: FEELS · RAMEN · ORATE · SLIME · TYLER

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