New Yorker Mini Crossword August 13 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the New Yorker Mini Crossword published on August 13 2026.
- 24
- Total Clues
- 12
- Total Across
- 12
- Total Down
Clues Across (12 total)
(1)
Pulverize, as a watermelon with a sledgehammer
The answer is: smash
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Eye unabashedly
The answer is: stareat
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Sprayed like boiling oil
The answer is: spattered
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(10)
Antidotes
The answer is: cures
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(11)
Beats by ___ (brand of headphones)
The answer is: dre
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(12)
“Laura” director Preminger’s palindromic first name
The answer is: otto
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(13)
Pinnacle
The answer is: acme
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(14)
“We were ___ break!” (recurring protest from Ross, on “Friends”)
The answer is: ona
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Allege
The answer is: claim
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Locates with precision
The answer is: pinpoints
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(18)
With 19-Across, painter and sculptor who depicted young Black men in his equestrian-portrait series “Rumors of War”
The answer is: kehinde
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See 18-Across
The answer is: wiley
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Clues Down (12 total)
(1)
Go back to square one
The answer is: startanew
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(2)
San ___ (city in the Bay Area)
The answer is: mateo
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(3)
Painting and sculpture, for two
The answer is: arts
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Holy ___ (Pope Leo XIV’s domain)
The answer is: see
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(5)
Werther’s Originals and Jolly Ranchers, for example
The answer is: hardcandy
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(6)
Soviet satellite launched in 1957
The answer is: sputnik
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(7)
Wood-eating pest
The answer is: termite
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(8)
Serving plopped into a waffle cone
The answer is: scoop
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Judges to be
The answer is: deems
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(13)
Dress style with a capital-letter shape
The answer is: aline
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(15)
Mattress spring
The answer is: coil
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(17)
The N.F.L.’s Eagles, on a scoreboard
The answer is: phi
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