Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Oct. 20

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? The clues for 4-Across and 6-Across are the exact same, but the answers are different. Read on if you need help solving the puzzle today. The Mini Crossword is a nice break from the tougher puzzles, and it takes only a fraction of the time of the vaunted, regular New York Times Crossword puzzle. CNET publishes daily answers and hints for Wordle, The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Mini across clues and answers 1A clue: Gift decorationAnswer: BOW 4A clue: What might be all tied up for a basketball gameAnswer: SCORE 6A clue: What might be all tied up for a basketball gameAnswer: LACES 7A clue: Theme park that Walt Disney envisioned as a utopian cityAnswer: EPCOT 8A clue: SmallAnswer: WEE The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Oct. 20, 2026.NYT/Screenshot by CNET Mini down clues and answers 1D clue: Lawn bowling gameAnswer: BOCCE 2D clue: Dunkable cookieAnswer: OREO 3D clue: Direction headed by Lewis and ClarkAnswer: WEST 4D clue: Whole bunchAnswer: SLEW 5D clue: Not every hero wears one, in a sayingAnswer: CAPE CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line. See full bio The Latest from Gael Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Oct. 20 Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Oct. 20 #757 Seniors Lose More Money to Investment Scams Than Any Other Fraud