October 16, 2026archive
NYT Mini Crossword — October 16, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid opens across with molten rock flowing from a volcano, then a phrase telling someone to cut it out.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with the brand name for a sticky note, and the first name of the pioneering aviator Earhart.
Hint 3 of 5
The last across answer is a popular website used for booking restaurant reservations.
Hint 4 of 5
Down starts with a phrase for coming out on the losing end, and an adverb describing something fittingly or suitably named — like a famously fast sprinter.
Hint 5 of 5
Finish down with the Roman numeral for eight, the phrase that starts "___ boy!," a playful verbal or physical back-and-forth, and a word for an especially heavy, thick book.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- Stream of molten rock — LAVA
- "Cut that out!" — STOPIT
- Sticky note — POSTIT
- ___ Earhart, first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane — AMELIA
- Website for restaurant bookings — RESY
- Takes the L — LOSES
- How sprinter Usain Bolt is named — APTLY
- Eight, on a grandfather clock — VIII
- "___ boy!" — ATTA
- Engage in a playful back-and-forth — SPAR
- Heavy book — TOME
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 6 down
- STOPIT (6)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
