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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? This one wasn’t too difficult, I thought. Read on for all the answers.
The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 12, 2026.NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini across clues and answers
1A clue: Caitlin Clark’s league, for short
Answer: WNBA
5A clue: Odysseus’s hiding place when entering the city of Troy
Answer: HORSE
7A clue: Hawaiian “hi”
Answer: ALOHA
8A clue: Personal opinions, in modern parlance
Answer: TAKES
9A clue: Where a nuthatch hatches
Answer: NEST
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: “Come again?”
Answer: WHAT
2D clue: Hall-of-Fame pitcher ___ Ryan
Answer: NOLAN
3D clue: Unloaded?
Answer: BROKE
4D clue: What a phoenix rises from
Answer: ASHES
6D clue: The “E” of NE
Answer: EAST
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