NYT Mini Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 10 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the NYT Mini Crossword August 21 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 10 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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Across

Click a clue for every answer it has ever had

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

With 8-Across, candy pieces that got their name after the chocolatier tried to make them perfectly round, but failedMILK4Across1 Home of Brunei and BhutanASIA4Across5 Like the skin of snakes and fishSCALY5Across6 Take ___ (suffer financially)AHIT4Across7 See 1-AcrossDUDS4Across8

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

___ PicchuMACHU5Down1 "To repeat myself ..."ISAID5Down2 Gentle musical melodiesLILTS5Down3 What "every kiss begins with," in jewelry adsKAY3Down4 Wearing an upside-down smileSAD3Down6

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This page lists every clue and answer from the NYT Mini crossword published on Friday, August 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.