Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Aug. 12

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? This one wasn’t too difficult, I thought. Read on for all the answers. The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 12, 2026.NYT/Screenshot by CNET Mini across clues and answers 1A clue: Caitlin Clark’s league, for shortAnswer: WNBA 5A clue: Odysseus’s hiding place when entering the city of TroyAnswer: HORSE 7A clue: Hawaiian “hi”Answer: ALOHA 8A clue: Personal opinions, in modern parlanceAnswer: TAKES 9A clue: Where a nuthatch hatchesAnswer: NEST Mini down clues and answers 1D clue: “Come again?”Answer: WHAT 2D clue: Hall-of-Fame pitcher ___ RyanAnswer: NOLAN 3D clue: Unloaded?Answer: BROKE 4D clue: What a phoenix rises fromAnswer: ASHES 6D clue: The “E” of NEAnswer: EAST Get CNET's top-rated VPN for privacy and usability 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