Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers: Oct 17, 2025
Across
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 1 “The Naked Gun” or “Scary Movie” | SPOOF |
| 6 ___ cut (short hairstyle) | PIXIE |
| 7 Napoleon’s punishment after the Battle of Waterloo | EXILE |
| 8 Surrendered | CEDED |
| 9 They travel up and down snow-covered hills | SLEDS |
DOWN
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 1 Glasses, informally | SPECS |
| 2 Dot on a computer screen | PIXEL |
| 3 Nitrous ___ (laughing gas) | OXIDE |
| 4 De-squeaked, as a bike chain | OILED |
| 5 Scrollable features of social media | FEEDS |