July 28, 2026archive
NYT Mini Crossword — July 28, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's mini mixes Greek and NATO alphabet letters with everyday words about weather, water, and email.
Hint 2 of 5
One entry is the second letter of the Greek alphabet, and another is the phonetic alphabet letter right after "Alfa."
Hint 3 of 5
Elsewhere you'll find a reef-dwelling organism and a stretch of sniffly, sneezy days.
Hint 4 of 5
There's also an overhead expanse of blue and a gently "babbling" stream.
Hint 5 of 5
Down clues round out with an early arrival, a short way to say TV commercial, an old-school internet giant, and quietly looping people into an email.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- Letter after alpha, in the Greek alphabet — BETA
- Letter after Alfa, in the NATO phonetic alphabet — BRAVO
- Barrier reef organism — CORAL
- Bout of sniffling and sneezing, say — COLD
- Blue expanse — SKY
- "Babbling" body of water — BROOK
- Before expected — EARLY
- Broadcast commercial, for short — TVAD
- Big name in early email — AOL
- Brings into an email thread discreetly — BCCS
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- BRAVO (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
