Today’s NYT Mini Crossword answers for Tuesday, August 11, 2026 are BEANS, AUDIO, CRONY, NOPE, and EST across, with BACNE, EUROS, ADOPT, NINE, and SOY down. All 10 solutions with clue notes are below.
NYT Mini Crossword Across Answers – August 11, 2026
1-Across: BEANS – “Magic” items for Jack, in a classic fairy tale. In Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans that grow overnight into an enormous stalk reaching the clouds.
6-Across: AUDIO – What the “A” stands for in A/V. Audio/visual is the standard abbreviation for sound and picture equipment, familiar from school projectors, conference-room setups, and home entertainment systems alike.
7-Across: CRONY – Political ally who receives corrupt benefits. Cronyism describes the practice of appointing close associates to positions of advantage regardless of qualification, a charge levelled at governments of every stripe.
8-Across: NOPE – “Uh-uh.” The clue signals informal speech, and NOPE is the emphatic informal negative, a step past a simple no in rejecting something outright.
9-Across: EST – Cutesy suffix with “best.” The internet-era suffix turns superlatives playful: bestest for maximum enthusiasm, funnest for things that probably were not in the dictionary until social media put them there.
NYT Mini Crossword Down Answers – August 11, 2026
1-Down: BACNE – Portmanteau for a skin problem under a T-shirt or bra strap. BACNE blends “back” and “acne” to describe the condition that occurs on the upper back and shoulders, typically from sweat, friction, or blocked pores. The word barely existed before skincare content went viral online.
2-Down: EUROS – Continental currency units. The euro has been the official currency of the eurozone since 1999, now used by 20 of the 27 European Union member states.
3-Down: ADOPT – “___, don’t shop” (pet shelter slogan). The phrase is the headline message of animal rescue advocacy: choose a shelter animal over a breeder, giving an existing pet a home rather than creating demand for more.
4-Down: NINE – Highest number in sudoku. The classic 9×9 sudoku grid requires each row, column, and 3×3 box to contain the digits 1 through 9 exactly once, making 9 the top of the range.
5-Down: SOY – Veggie burger ingredient. Soy protein is the backbone of most plant-based patties, providing texture and protein density. The soybean is one of the most widely cultivated crops in the world, and its derivatives appear in everything from tofu to the textured vegetable protein used in burger patties.
Today’s standout entry is 1-Down: BACNE. The clue’s phrase about a skin problem under a T-shirt or bra strap is precise enough to get there with a moment’s thought, but the blended word itself is informal enough to feel mildly out of place on a newspaper puzzle grid. The Jack and the Beanstalk clue for 1-Across BEANS is clean and warm, the kind of fairy-tale reference that makes a Tuesday grid feel like a small gift. Yesterday’s solutions are in the NYT Mini Crossword answers for August 10, 2026.
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