NYT Mini Crossword — August 15, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid runs from worker-owned shops, to a surprised exclamation, to rinsing something off, to a soldier's metal ID tags.
Hint 2 of 5
Across continues with the bit of music that closes out a podcast episode, a typeface similar to a very common sans-serif font, and a phrase for leaving something undisturbed.
Hint 3 of 5
Down opens with cutting ties with cable TV, the state where Dayton is located, and the costly mistake a soccer defender makes by scoring on their own net.
Hint 4 of 5
Continue down with the opposite of slouching, a phrase for fretting over minor details, and a one-word command to snatch something quickly.
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with the title given to the last person standing on a certain reality competition show.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- Stores owned and run by their workers — COOPS
- "Huh, wasn't expecting that!" — OHWOW
- Run under a faucet — RINSE
- Metal identifiers in the military — DOGTAGS
- Bit of music that plays as a podcast ends — OUTRO
- Font similar to Helvetica — ARIAL
- Leave alone — LETBE
- Cut the ___ (cancel cable) — CORD
- Dayton's state — OHIO
- Game-changing mistake for a World Cup defender — OWNGOAL
- Slouching is a bad form of this — POSTURE
- Worry about the small stuff — SWEATIT
- Snatch — GRAB
- ___ Survivor, title for each winner of "Survivor" — SOLE
This puzzle by the numbers
- 7 across, 7 down
- DOGTAGS (7)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
