The NY Times Mini Crossword August 12, 2026 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Caitlin Clark’s league, for short WNBA
- 5 Odysseus’s hiding place when entering the city of Troy HORSE
- 7 Hawaiian “hi” ALOHA
- 8 Personal opinions, in modern parlance TAKES
- 9 Where a nuthatch hatches NEST
Down
- 1 “Come again?” WHAT
- 2 Hall-of-Fame pitcher ___ Ryan NOLAN
- 3 Unloaded? BROKE
- 4 What a phoenix rises from ASHES
- 6 The “E” of NE EAST
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