Sunday, October 4 NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Solving Hints

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

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