New Delhi, June 11 -- Thursday's NYT Mini Crossword is live, and the June 11, 2026 edition is a compact five-by-five that ranges from the first day of school all the way to the periodic table, with a spoonerism hiding in plain sight. Whether you cleared the grid before your first cup of coffee or stalled on the Honda clue, every answer is below, organized across-first and then down, with full context behind each solution.

All 10 Clues

The puzzle reset at 10 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night. Thursday editions at the Mini tend to sit a step above the early-week pace, leaning on wordplay and lateral thinking rather than pure vocabulary recall. Today's grid delivers exactly that, with one linked clue pair (6-Across and 2-Down) producing the ...