New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- MOBS, MONEY, OCEAN, SHORE, SAND. Down: MOCHA, ONEON, BEARD, SYNE, MOSS.

NYT Mini Crossword Hints - August 14, 2026

Hint 1: Three of the five across answers share the exact same clue text. The grid asks you to find three different nouns from one repeated four-word clue, so the crossing letters do most of the disambiguation.

Hint 2: One of the down answers is a compound of two words you would never normally write together. The clue is a familiar idiom: two of the answer's five letters belong to a word meaning the number after zero, and the other three spell a preposition.

Hint 3: Another down clue names a historical pirate by describing his most famous physical feature rather than his real name. Edward Teach is bet...