NYT Mini Crossword — September 27, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid opens across with a word for being physically in good shape, then links up with a later answer to describe four major tennis titles or four runs on a single baseball swing.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with a word claiming something belongs to someone else, and its counterpart claiming ownership for yourself.
Hint 3 of 5
The last across answer completes that baseball-and-tennis term started earlier in the grid.
Hint 4 of 5
Down starts with the word for animal life, the counterpart to plant life, and an abbreviation for the sleep stage when dreams happen.
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with an abbreviation for scoring plays in football, places full of exercise equipment, and a word meaning to stir up or disturb water.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- In shape — FIT
- With 8-Across, four runs in baseball or four major wins in tennis — GRAND
- Alternative to theirs — YOURS
- Alternative to theirs — MINE
- See 4-Across — SLAM
- Counterpart of flora — FAUNA
- When dreams occur during sleep, for short — INREM
- Reasons for end zone celebrations: Abbr. — TDS
- Facilities with treadmills — GYMS
- Stir up, as waters — ROIL
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- GRAND (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
