Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Aug. 12

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Aug. 12

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? This one wasn’t too difficult, I thought. Read on for all the answers.

The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 12, 2026.
The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 12, 2026.NYT/Screenshot by CNET

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Caitlin Clark’s league, for short
Answer: WNBA

 5A clue: Odysseus’s hiding place when entering the city of Troy
Answer: HORSE

7A clue: Hawaiian “hi”
Answer: ALOHA

8A clue: Personal opinions, in modern parlance
Answer: TAKES

9A clue: Where a nuthatch hatches
Answer: NEST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: “Come again?”
Answer: WHAT

2D clue: Hall-of-Fame pitcher ___ Ryan
Answer: NOLAN

3D clue: Unloaded?
Answer: BROKE

4D clue: What a phoenix rises from
Answer: ASHES

6D clue: The “E” of NE
Answer: EAST

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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