New Delhi, July 17 -- The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, July 17, 2026, are below, with the full Across and Down solutions.

Across

1A - Spanish question word: QUE

4A - National Ice Cream Month and National Hot Dog Month: JULY

5A - Battery life, informally: JUICE

6A - Poker buy-ins: ANTES

7A - Tie up, as a ship: MOOR

Down

1D - Only world capital that starts with "Q": QUITO

2D - Painful sore: ULCER

3D - Snake ___ (dice roll): EYES

4D - The daughter of Saturn, sister of Jupiter and mother to Mars, in Roman myth: JUNO

5D - Traffic snarl: JAM

The standout clue is 4-Across. "National Ice Cream Month and National Hot Dog Month" is both the clue and the answer in one: JULY, the current month, holds both designations in the US...