NYT Mini Crossword — September 15, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's five-by-five opens with a slangy way to say something is totally obvious, then the unit that makes up 5,280 of a mile.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with the grade you'd mark next to an incorrect true/false answer, and an exasperated phrase begging for some leniency.
Hint 3 of 5
The last across answer is the raised-hand icon telling pedestrians to stop at a crosswalk.
Hint 4 of 5
Down starts with a bug spray brand whose name ends in an exclamation point, and a Southern California beach city that follows the word "Long."
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with the bookish, orange-turtleneck-wearing member of a famous cartoon mystery-solving gang, an enthusiastic phrase for getting started, and a word for the finish or conclusion of something.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- "That's a no-brainer!," slangily — OBVI
- 5,280 in a mile — FEET
- F, on a test — FALSE
- "Give me a break!" — CMON
- "Don't walk" symbol at a crosswalk — HAND
- Brand of bug spray with an exclamation point in its name — OFF
- Long ___, Calif. — BEACH
- Brainy member of the Scooby-Doo gang — VELMA
- "Let's do this thing" — ITSON
- Conclusion — END
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- FALSE (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
