NYT Mini Crossword — August 13, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's five-by-five touches on a soft color found in tropical birds and blossoms, a small Hawaiian island, and a term for ending a romance.
Hint 2 of 5
Across, look for a pale rosy color, a laid-back Hawaiian isle across the channel from Maui, the curved path a planet traces around the sun, and a quick vertical clip you'd post on social media.
Hint 3 of 5
The across side wraps up with a short way to say a relationship is over.
Hint 4 of 5
Down, you'll need the informal name for a parenthesis mark, where you might get served breakfast on a special morning honoring moms, and the tiny body part manicurists paint.
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with the box you reach for after a scrape and the word for traditional stories explaining where something came from.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- Like flamingos and cherry blossoms — PINK
- Hawaiian island visible from Maui's west shore — LANAI
- Planet's path — ORBIT
- Short Instagram video — REEL
- Break off, as a relationship — END
- ( or ), for short — PAREN
- Where Mother's Day breakfast might be served — INBED
- Tiny thing to paint — NAIL
- First-aid container — KIT
- Origin stories, e.g. — LORE
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- LANAI (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
