NYT Mini Crossword — October 27, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid opens across with what you do letter by letter to say a word like "cheese," then the number of stripes found on many national flags around the world.
Hint 2 of 5
Continue across with the kinds of locations you'd visit on a classic board game about solving a mystery, a command meaning "go back," and the word that follows numbers six through nineteen but not five.
Hint 3 of 5
Down begins with walking confidently with a bit of flair, and the device that both receives your texts and might scroll through your feed.
Hint 4 of 5
Continue down with a verb for wearing away gradually over time, and the citrus juice found in a classic French 75 cocktail.
Hint 5 of 5
Down ends with the short French word that starts the title of a famous musical about revolution-era France.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
- Say "C-H-E-E-S-E"? — SPELL
- Number of stripes on many world flags — THREE
- Places visited on a Clue board — ROOMS
- "Go back" command — UNDO
- Follower of six or seven, but not five — TEEN
- Walk with swagger — STRUT
- What gets texts (and also scrolls?) — PHONE
- Wear away slowly — ERODE
- Kind of juice in a French 75 cocktail — LEMON
- "___ Misérables" — LES
This puzzle by the numbers
- 5 across, 5 down
- SPELL (5)
Counted from our own archive of NYT Mini Crossword answers — not published anywhere else.
