August 25, 2026archive
NYT Mini Crossword — August 25, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's five-by-five opens with the generational cohort born between the mid-60s and 1980, then the shipping company known for its purple-and-orange logo.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with the reference section at the back of a textbook, a word for extremely dry climates, and the peg a golfer sets their ball on.
Hint 3 of 5
Down starts with a category of music like pop, rock, or jazz, and the first name of a famous comedian with the surname Murphy.
Hint 4 of 5
Continue down with a word for something required, and the winning row of three matching marks in a classic paper-and-pencil game.
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with the name of Italy's biggest car manufacturer.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- Cohort born between 1965 and 1980, for short — GENX
- Shipping giant with a purple-and-orange logo — FEDEX
- Section at the end of a textbook — INDEX
- Dry, as the desert — ARID
- "___ it high and let it fly" (golfer's mantra) — TEE
- Pop, rock or jazz — GENRE
- Comedian Murphy — EDDIE
- Requirement — NEED
- Winning line in tic-tac-toe — XXX
- Italy's largest automaker — FIAT
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- FEDEX (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
