Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
Today’s Mini Crossword is extra-long, as usual on Saturdays. And a couple of the clues were stumpers! Need answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.
If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.
Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword
Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Sept. 6, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: U.S. prez who served four terms
Answer: FDR
4A clue: Hurry, in Shakespearean English
Answer: HIE
7A clue: Only country to have a musical instrument (the harp) as its national emblem
Answer: IRELAND
9A clue: Big name in rum
Answer: BACARDI
10A clue: She holds the record for most #1 Billboard hits by a female rapper (5)
Answer: CARDIB
11A clue: Ancient time-tracking device
Answer: SUNDIAL
12A clue: Ctrl-___-Del
Answer: ALT
13A clue: Opposite of SSW
Answer: NNE
14A clue: Used to be
Answer: WAS
15A clue: Jupiter or Saturn, primarily
Answer: GAS
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Small lie
Answer: FIB
2D clue: Whom Count von Count of “Sesame Street” is a parody of
Answer: DRACULA
3D clue: Takes back, as testimony
Answer: RECANTS
4D clue: 1920s U.S. president
Answer: HARDING
5D clue: Home to the W.N.B.A.’s Fever
Answer: INDIANA
6D clue: Weed gummies
Answer: EDIBLES
8D clue: Cooking grease
Answer: LARD
11D clue: Observed
Answer: SAW
Source: CNET
