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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword is one of those puzzle grids with absolutely no empty spaces in the grid. So if you get all the Across answers, the Down ones will fill right in. Other than 1-Across, it went pretty quickly for me today. Need some help 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.
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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 19, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Animal that falls in love with a tape dispenser, in a classic New Yorker cartoon
Answer: SNAIL
6A clue: Language written in Devanagari script
Answer: HINDI
7A clue: Singer Presley or Costello
Answer: ELVIS
8A clue: George ___, “Middlemarch” author
Answer: ELIOT
9A clue: Things “read” by fortune tellers
Answer: PALMS
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Blind followers
Answer: SHEEP
2D clue: ___ wafers (Nabisco treat)
Answer: NILLA
3D clue: Heavy item falling from the sky in some classic cartoons
Answer: ANVIL
4D clue: “In a pickle” or “in a jam”
Answer: IDIOM
5D clue: They might end with “etc.”
Answer: LISTS