NYT Mini Crossword — September 13, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's five-by-five opens with a fruity juice brand's name paired with "Sun," then the term for betting everything you have in poker.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with a cross-referenced pair of clues describing an injury cartoons treated with raw steak, and a word meaning only or solitary.
Hint 3 of 5
The last across answer, paired with an earlier entry, spells out something football players apply under their eyes.
Hint 4 of 5
Down starts with the letter that gives CNN its middle initial, and a mixture of different metals.
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with what people mistake Superman for mid-flight, a comedian's punchline about a food great when you want thousands of something, and what a printer needs to keep working.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- ___ Sun (juice drink) — CAPRI
- Maximum poker bet — ALLIN
- With 9-Across, injury treated with a raw steak in old cartoons — BLACK
- Only — LONE
- With 7-Across, application on a football player's face — EYE
- The "C" of CNN — CABLE
- Metal mixture — ALLOY
- What Superman is mistaken for — PLANE
- "___ is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something": Mitch Hedberg — RICE
- Printer's supply — INK
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- CAPRI (5)
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