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The November 26 NYT Mini Crossword built a clear travel-driven theme with BUS, TRAIN, and AISLE, creating a fast, engaging puzzle that moved smoothly from clue to clue.
Each clue offered sharp direction and clean wordplay, allowing the answers to click quickly through simple logic, playful language, and neat twists like ATE and BIRDY.
NYT Games continues its daily streak with fresh Minis every day, and another new grid arrives tomorrow with brand-new clues, new patterns, and another compact burst of mental challenge.
The NYT Mini Crossword arrives each day with a new spark, a quick dose of challenge, and a neatly crafted 5x5 grid. Every edition brings a different mood, and today’s puzzle shaped itself around transit, movement, and compact wordplay. The clues dropped sharp signals. The answers landed fast once the theme emerged. A crisp rhythm defined the grid from the first across clue to the last down entry.
A new set of Mini clues always brings fresh energy. This edition followed the same streak and delivered a compact, fun challenge for a midweek puzzle.
Daily Mini puzzles often build small worlds inside tight boxes, and this edition followed that style with confidence. The set of clues created a short, lively run, perfect for midweek puzzle fans who enjoy quick logic, fast connections, and clean construction. Below is the full breakdown, with every clue paired with its answer and a simple one-line explanation.
1A Clue: Greyhound, e.g.
Answer: BUS
4A Clue: Passenger’s walkway on a 1- or 6-Across
Answer: AISLE
6A Clue: The Wolverine to Chicago’s Union Station, e.g.
Answer: TRAIN
7A Clue: Barely beat, with “out”
Answer: EDGED
8A Clue: “___ out!” (ump’s cry)
Answer: YER
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1D Clue: Feathered creature, in kid-speak
Answer: BIRDY
2D Clue: Electricity bill calculation
Answer: USAGE
3D Clue: More like a fox
Answer: SLIER
4D Clue: Past-tense verb that sounds like a number
Answer: ATE
5D Clue: Redundant word before ‘result’
Answer: END
This Mini built a smooth travel thread with BUS, TRAIN, and AISLE. Short clues shaped the rest of the grid with sharp language and neat wordplay. Each answer connected quickly once the theme surfaced. The puzzle offered a balanced mix of literal hints and playful twists. The result gave a fast, satisfying solve typical of the NYT Mini format.
A new Mini always sets the stage for a tiny moment of focus. Today’s grid kept that rhythm steady. Another round arrives tomorrow with fresh clues, new tricks, and another quick burst of puzzle fun.
The NYT Mini Crossword concludes the day with a selection of clues, solving quickly and with ease. This daily crossword puzzle provides short bursts of challenge for your brain while keeping it active with word-based strategies.
Each morning, there is a new NYT Mini Crossword Grid that features a new set of clues, and the NYT Games lineup will feature more twisting and turning moments along with a new theme for every week of the month.
The Mini Crossword will continue to be a regular day of the week for the NYT Games team and will provide an entertaining challenge in the middle of your busy morning.
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