The NY Times Mini Crossword October 11, 2026 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Towel (off) WIPE
- 5 Result of brainstorming IDEA
- 6 What jellyfish and bees do STING
- 7 Glowed bright SHONE
- 8 Surface over which to skip a stone … as illustrated in the circled letters WATER
Down
- 1 The Beatles’ “___ Little Help From My Friends” WITHA
- 2 Dummy IDIOT
- 3 Pasta that can be made “alla vodka” PENNE
- 4 Like a beaver, in a saying EAGER
- 6 Direction from N.Y.C. to Miami: Abbr. SSW
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