Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
Kudos to today’s Mini Crossword for being both complex and clever. There are layers upon layers in the clues. It took me a few minutes to sort it all out. Need a helping hand with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.
The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.
Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword
Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Friday, July 18, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Appropriate word that can precede 7-/8-Across and 3-/10-Down
Answer: HALF
5A clue: Remy’s brother in “Ratatouille”
Answer: EMILE
7A clue: Missouri’s postal abbreviation
Answer: MO
8A clue: Light switch position
Answer: ON
9A clue: Done for laughs
Answer: INFUN
11A clue: Richard of “Pretty Woman”
Answer: GERE
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Prefix that means 1-Across
Answer: HEMI
2D clue: In the midst of
Answer: AMONG
3D clue: Super Bowl that featured a 28-3 comeback win by the Patriots
Answer: LI
4D clue: Baker’s powder
Answer: FLOUR
6D clue: Dated feminine suffix
Answer: ENNE
10D clue: Iron, on the periodic table
Answer: FE
