New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- the across entries are LAB, LINUS, AGGRO, SHELL and TRY, and the down entries are LIGHT, ANGER, BURLY, LAS and SOL.

If you would rather finish it yourself, the hints come first and the full grid follows below.

NYT Mini Crossword Hints Today, August 20, 2026

The three-letter word across the top row is where a scientist works, and each of its letters begins one of the long down answers.

One clue ends in a question mark. Trust it. That entry is not defining anything.

Two answers are more British than the rest of the grid, and one of them is a nineties song title.

The Peanuts answer is a boy, not a beagle.

The musical scale entry is the note most people learn as "so", spelled the longer way.

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