Saturday, September 26, 2026 · by Sam Ezersky
This Mini by Sam Ezersky is a 7×7 grid with 18 clues and 4 black squares.
Across clues and answers
- 1Alphabet song lyric before "Now I know my ABCs"
- WXYANDZ
- 8Sea creature whose name sounds like "Ah, baloney!"
- ABALONE
- 9Skin markings after a sunny day on the links
- GOLFTAN
- 10Gen ___ (member of the "MTV generation")
- XER
- 11Medieval weapon
- POLEAXE
- 15Fasting intermittently, say
- ONADIET
- 16Phrases differently
- REWORDS
Down clues and answers
- 1Shake, like a dog's tail
- WAG
- 2Gaming console with a number in its name
- XBOXONE
- 3Prestigious J.D. program in New Haven, Conn.
- YALELAW
- 4Creamy pasta sauce
- ALFREDO
- 5"Believe it or ___ ..."
- NOT
- 6Double-helix molecule
- DNA
- 7Buddhism branch associated with gardens
- ZEN
- 11"___ favor" (basic Spanish phrase)
- POR
- 12What snowboarders try to catch
- AIR
- 13Crossed (out)
- XED
- 14Creatures on U.F.O.s, for short
- ETS
Solve the shortest answers first: every letter they place is a free crossing.