If you need help finishing today’s Mini Crossword, the solutions are listed below.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Wine barrel
Answer: CASK
5A clue: Leader of the Pussycats, in comics and film
Answer: JOSIE
6A clue: In a nutshell
Answer: SIMPLY
7A clue: 2026 N.B.A. champions
Answer: KNICKS
8A clue: Denial that sounds like 7-Across in Pig Latin
Answer: IXNAY

Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: “Santa Claus Is ___ to Town” (holiday hit)
Answer: COMIN
2D clue: Pet adoption org.
Answer: ASPCA
3D clue: Like the texture of fine bedsheets
Answer: SILKY
4D clue: Bad things to leave locked in your house
Answer: KEYS
5D clue: “We said the same thing at the same time!”
Answer: JINX
6D clue: Hit the slopes
Answer: SKI
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