{"id":27529,"date":"2025-10-12T06:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=27529"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:18:44","slug":"todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-oct-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=27529","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Oct. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Looking for\u00a0<strong>the most recent<\/strong>\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Need some help with today&#8217;s Mini Crossword? It helps if you play cards. If you could use some answers, read on. And if you could need guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for today&#8217;s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit\u00a0CNET&#8217;s NYT puzzle hints page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong>Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.<\/p>\n<p>     <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-text-xxsmall\"><\/p>\n<p>The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Oct. 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-inner-spacing-right-small g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall g-color-text-meta g-text-xxxsmall\">NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Mini across clues and answers<\/h2>\n<p>1A clue: A 5-Across might be a wild one<br \/><strong>Answer: CARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5A clue: One of two in a standard deck<br \/><strong>Answer: JOKER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6A clue: Homer called its oil &#8220;liquid gold&#8221;<br \/><strong>Answer: OLIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7A clue: Symbolic flower in Buddhism<br \/><strong>Answer: LOTUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8A clue: Bunkers on a golf course<br \/><strong>Answer: TRAPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Mini down clues and answers<\/h2>\n<p>1D clue: Use crayons, e.g.<strong><br \/>Answer: COLOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2D clue: Japanese dog breed<strong><br \/>Answer: AKITA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3D clue: Really energize<strong><br \/>Answer: REVUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4D clue: Garment that may be strapless<strong><br \/>Answer: DRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5D clue: Sudden shock<strong><br \/>Answer: JOLT<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for\u00a0the most recent\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today&#8217;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. Need some help with today&#8217;s Mini Crossword? It helps if you play cards. If you could use some answers, read on. And<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[994,1107,1106,832,15157,831],"class_list":{"0":"post-27529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-answers","9":"tag-crossword","10":"tag-mini","11":"tag-nyt","12":"tag-oct","13":"tag-todays"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}