NYT Mini Crossword Hints for June 13, 2026
Each clue gets a first letter, a wordplay nudge and the answer. Revealed answers fill the grid.
Across
1A Sentry's "Stop!" (4)
5A ___ vera (succulent) (4)
6A "That feeling should fade" (8)
10A $1,000,000, informally (3)
11A One of the Three Stooges (3)
12A Caller of balls and strikes (3)
13A ___-1 (class of drugs that includes Ozempic and Wegovy) (3)
14A Crunchy tendril used in Asian cuisine (8)
17A ___ Stadium, former home of the Mets (4)
18A Silverstein who wrote "The Giving Tree" (4)
Down
1D Student's slip (8)
2D The "A" of GOAT (3)
3D Chop (off) (3)
4D Collective objective ... or what the ends of 1-Down, 6-Across and 14-Across lead to (8)
6D "Okay, it's my turn" (4)
7D The "T" of GOAT (4)
8D All by oneself (4)
9D Month #9: Abbr. (4)
15D Librarian's warning (3)
16D Tee-___ (giggle) (3)
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Mini-sized tactics
In a 5×5, every across answer crosses every down answer, so one sure word gives you a letter in five others. Start with fill-in-the-blank clues and short, concrete nouns; leave question-mark clues, which signal wordplay, until you have crossings.
A question mark at the end of a clue is the constructor telling you not to read it literally. Abbreviations in the clue (“Org.”, “Abbr.”) mean the answer is abbreviated too.
Questions
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