The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, September 7th 2025
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Need a hint for today's Mini Crossword on Sunday, 7th September? Well you have come to the right place! Every day without fail, the NYT provides us with another Mini Crossword to exercise those brains.
And just like the NYT, every day without fail, we provide you with another guide to help you work your way through it. Here, we have extra hints for each riddle as well as full answers to get you past those trickier puzzles.
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NYT Mini Crossword hints: Sunday September 7th 2025
Here's the full list of all hints in today's NYT Mini Crossword. To reveal our extra clue for any one of them, simply tap or click on the spoiler text below it. And to reveal the answer for each clue separately, just expand the spoiler boxes below!
1a. Winner over scissors, loser to paper.
Our hint: A boulder, for example.
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Paper, scissors, rock! A fair way to handle minor disputes.
5a. Angelina of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Our hint: Starts with a J.
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Angelina Jolie is a very famous American actress.
6a. "What a time to be ___!"
Our hint: The difference between a human and an inanimate object.
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Such a gift!
7a. Halloween costume with red horns.
Our hint: Sits on one of your shoulders.
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He used to be Gods favorite before he fell.
8a. Member of the C-suite.
Our hint: Found in many offices.
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Short for Executive.
1d. Watch brand with the slogan "A crown for every achievement."
Our hint: Starts with an R.
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One of the most well-known luxury watch brands.
2d. Martini garnish.
Our hint: Also found on pizza and many a cheese board.
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Quite a polarizing flavor.
3d. Honda model with a palindromic name.
Our hint: Starts with a C.
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They feature prominently in the Fast and Furious franchise.
4d. Boat's bottom.
Our hint: Can also be used in place of 'fell over'.
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"He just keeled over."
5d. Green gemstone.
Our hint: Greenstone, for example.
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Also a common girls name.
NYT Mini Crossword answers: Sunday September 7th 2025
Put it all together, and here is the full completed Mini Crossword showing all the answers for today's puzzle:
And that's a wrap! Yet another NYT Mini Crossword under your belt. Hopefully this guide was able to help you with one or more of the riddles here!
My biggest challenge here was 1d, not being very familiar with Rolex's slogans. Luckily, I am very familiar with Paper Scissors Rock, so having that first letter already unlocked really saved the day!
That's all for today's puzzle, but if you like to keep your brain active with more of NYT's puzzles, you can also check out our guides on the Wordle hint and answer for Tuesday 29th September and our Connections hint for Tuesday 29th September.