The NY Times Mini Crossword October 31, 2026 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Candy holder for a trick-or-treater BAG
- 4 Org. interested in Mars and the Milky Way NASA
- 5 Half Starburst, half Skittle? STARTLE
- 8 Golfer’s goal PAR
- 9 Iconic Australian animal, for short ROO
- 10 Half Airhead, half candy corn? AIRHORN
- 12 Half Mounds, half Reese’s? MOUSES
- 13 Female sheep EWE
Down
- 1 Candy ___ BAR
- 2 Houston baseball team ASTROS
- 3 Aplenty GALORE
- 4 Opposite of wide NARROW
- 5 Health resort SPA
- 6 “Je ___” (French “I love you”) TAIME
- 7 Many, many millennia EONS
- 11 Shade of a color HUE
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