New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The NYT Mini Crossword answers today, for Tuesday, August 25, 2026, are GENX, FEDEX, INDEX, ARID and TEE across, and GENRE, EDDIE, NEED, XXX and FIAT down.

There is a joke built into this grid and it is a visual one. The right-hand column reads X, X, X from top to bottom, which is exactly what 4D asks for, and the three across answers running through it all finish on the same letter.

Mini Crossword Answers Today, August 25, 2026: Across

1A Cohort born between 1965 and 1980, for short - GENX

5A Shipping giant with a purple-and-orange logo - FEDEX

6A Section at the end of a textbook - INDEX

7A Dry, as the desert - ARID

8A "___ it high and let it fly" (golfer's mantra) - TEE

Mini Crossword Answers Today, August ...