The NY Times Mini Crossword August 30, 2025 puzzle by Sam Ezersky is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 “Thanks, I ___ you one!” OWE
- 4 Egg-laying mother HEN
- 7 Plant with tart red stalks used in pie filling RHUBARB
- 9 Proud father of daughters, in lingo GIRLDAD
- 10 Tart-tasting beers SOURS
- 11 Largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands STCROIX
- 13 Wedding companion PLUSONE
- 14 “Mm-hmm” YEP
- 15 Booker T. and the ___ MGS
Down
- 1 Wikipedia’s URL ender ORG
- 2 It might be blown in the fourth quarter WHISTLE
- 3 Continent-wide soccer tournament, informally EUROCUP
- 4 Wasn’t too full for dessert HADROOM
- 5 Wiping, as a hard drive ERASING
- 6 Texter’s “Don’t worry about it” NBD
- 8 Fuzzy photo features BLURS
- 11 Many a character on Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” or Netflix’s “Black Doves” SPY
- 12 Crosses (out) XES
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