The NYT Mini Crossword for Sunday, September 6, 2026 is now available. Unlike most New York Times games that refresh at midnight, the Mini resets each day at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, making it one of the few puzzles you can complete before bed and again as the next day begins. Today’s 5×5 grid includes a memorable film clue and a couple of sharp vocabulary tests.
Not ready for the full answers yet? Here are letter hints for each Across clue:
1-Across (3 letters): Starts with R, ends with W
4-Across (5 letters): Starts with J, ends with E
6-Across (5 letters): Starts with A, ends with E
7-Across (5 letters): Starts with W, ends with D
8-Across (3 letters): Starts with S, ends with Y
And for Down:
1-Down (5 letters): Starts with R, ends with Y
2-Down (4 letters): Starts with A, ends with M
3-Down (4 letters): Starts with W, ends with D
4-Down (4 letters): Starts with J, ends with S
5-Down (4 letters): Starts with O, ends with O
Here are the full answers for Across:
1-Across: RAW (“Like sashimi and steak tartare”)
4-Across: JOULE (“Unit of energy symbolized by a J”)
6-Across: ARGUE (“Debate back and forth”)
7-Across: WEBMD (“Online source for health diagnoses”)
8-Across: SOY (“Yo ___ (Spanish ‘I am’)”)
And the full answers for Down:
1-Down: RUGBY (“National sport of New Zealand”)
2-Down: ALUM (“Graduate, for short”)
3-Down: WEED (“Garden intruder”)
4-Down: JAWS (“Hit 1975 film shot largely on location in Martha’s Vineyard”)
5-Down: OREO (“Black-and-white cookie”)
A few clues stand out on today’s grid. The 4-Down answer JAWS nods to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster, filmed on and around Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The film is widely credited with inventing the summer blockbuster as a commercial concept, and its production troubles on location are just as well-known as the film itself. It is a rewarding bit of film history packed into a four-letter answer.
WEBMD at 7-Across is a distinctly modern clue. The site has become shorthand for the habit of self-diagnosing online, and its five-letter name fits the grid cleanly. JOULE at 4-Across honors James Prescott Joule, the 19th-century English physicist whose work on heat and energy gave his name to the SI unit used in everything from battery ratings to nutrition labels.
If you play other NYT games, today’s answers are also available for the Wordle answer for September 6, 2026, the NYT Connections answers for September 6, 2026, and the NYT Strands answers for September 6, 2026.
