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Our Mini Crossword Answers — September 27, 2026

The complete answer key for Mini #362, our own daily mini crossword. Looking for the New York Times Mini? That’s a different puzzle, published on nytimes.com.

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10 answers
September 27, 2026

Answer key

Across

1. Heap of laundry

5. Spoken, not written

6. Wall timepiece

7. Sound a pig makes

8. Blocks and dolls, e.g.

Down

1. Disease prevented by a famous vaccine

2. Rain on your wedding day, some say

3. Doesn't have

4. Large deer with big antlers

6. Simple folding bed

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About these answers

Mini #362's ten answers fill 21 white squares, and every one of them is crossed, so each letter belongs to one Across and one Down answer. The longest answers are CLOCK (6-Across), POLIO (1-Down), IRONY (2-Down) and LACKS (3-Down), at five letters; the shortest are ELK (4-Down) and COT (6-Down).

The grid uses thirteen different letters. The most common is O, in four squares, and 8 of the 21 squares hold a vowel (A, E, I, O or U). There’s no J, Q, X or Z in it.

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