Mini Crossword — October 25, 2026
Sunday Mini · Today’s answers and hints, with the full grid kept below the hints.
A music lover’s Mini today — two genres bookend the Across clues. Hints first if you want them, full answers below.
Hints for today’s Mini Crossword
Gentle nudge: Start at 1-Across and 7-Across: both are music genres, and they share their first and last letters.
Stronger hint: The Down clues lean on the body (the strongest bone), the kitchen (a classroom full of them) and a very famous doll’s partner.
Reveal: 1-Across is FOLK and 7-Across is FUNK — crack those two and the grid opens up.
Today’s Mini Crossword answers
Spoiler warning: The answer is in the box below. Stop here if you still want to solve it yourself.
Across: 1 FOLK, 5 LEVEE, 6 IMEAN, 7 FUNK, 8 ERS. Down: 1 FEMUR, 2 OVENS, 3 LEAK, 4 KEN, 5 LIFE.
Across clues — 1 Music genre for Joni Mitchell or Woody Guthrie; 5 Flood embankment; 6 “That is to say …”; 7 Music genre with the same first and last letters as 1-Across; 8 Hosp. areas usually on the ground floor.
Down clues — 1 Strongest bone in the human body; 2 Array in a culinary classroom; 3 Plumbing problem; 4 He’s a doll!; 5 Magazine whose cover featured Elizabeth Taylor a record 14 times.
Difficulty note: A gentle Sunday Mini — the FOLK/FUNK pairing is the only real head-scratcher.
Yesterday’s answer: Yesterday’s Mini (October 24, 2026) — Across: MLB, PRIUS, PACKRAT, ATLANTA, THEBEAN, SALTY, NET. Down: MRCLEAN, LIKABLE, BURNETT, PATHS, SATAY, PAT, TAN.
Frequently asked questions
What are today’s Mini Crossword answers for October 25, 2026?
Across: 1 FOLK, 5 LEVEE, 6 IMEAN, 7 FUNK, 8 ERS. Down: 1 FEMUR, 2 OVENS, 3 LEAK, 4 KEN, 5 LIFE.
What is the trick in today’s Mini?
1-Across (FOLK) and 7-Across (FUNK) are both music genres sharing their first and last letters.
What were yesterday’s Mini answers?
Across: MLB, PRIUS, PACKRAT, ATLANTA, THEBEAN, SALTY, NET. Down: MRCLEAN, LIKABLE, BURNETT, PATHS, SATAY, PAT, TAN.
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