September 8, 2026archive
NYT Mini Crossword — September 8, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's five-by-five opens with a term for a national banner like the American one, then the wake word you'd say to a popular smart speaker.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with a golf score one stroke over par, and the step of getting water ready to cook pasta.
Hint 3 of 5
The last across answer is a general word for pieces hung on a wall for decoration.
Hint 4 of 5
Down starts with the button you press to pick your floor in an elevator, and a casual word meaning genuine or authentic.
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with a rotational jump performed in figure skating, half of a blended word that combines with "-borhood," and the Swedish pop group behind "Dancing Queen."
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- The Stars and Stripes, e.g. — FLAG
- Wake word for an Amazon device — ALEXA
- +1 score in golf — BOGEY
- Prepare water for pasta — BOIL
- Some wall decorations — ART
- Elevator selection — FLOOR
- Not phony, informally — LEGIT
- Figure skating jump — AXEL
- Half of a portmanteau combined with "-borhood" — GAY
- "Dancing Queen" band — ABBA
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- ALEXA (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
