October 23, 2026archive
NYT Mini Crossword — October 23, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid opens across with a word describing something very quick, like a speedy train, then a small unit of measurement equal to a twelfth of a foot.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with an online space for discussion, a shift in fashion or style, and Atlanta's NBA basketball team.
Hint 3 of 5
Down begins with Staten Island's rank among New York City's five boroughs by population, and the film that won Best Picture the year after "Oppenheimer."
Hint 4 of 5
Continue down with a hardware fastener with spiral threads, and an exclamation of surprise meaning "who would have guessed."
Hint 5 of 5
Down ends with the abbreviation for the many doctors who populate a hospital sitcom's cast.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- Like bullet trains — FAST
- 1/12 of a foot — INCH
- Place for online discussion — FORUM
- Fashion development — TREND
- Atlanta N.B.A. team — HAWKS
- Like Staten Island, among all N.Y.C. boroughs in population — FIFTH
- Best Picture winner after "Oppenheimer" — ANORA
- Threaded fastener — SCREW
- "Who'd have ___ it!?" — THUNK
- Many characters on "Scrubs": Abbr. — MDS
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- FORUM (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
