Well it’s Saturday once again and I have returned, dearest readers, to help you solve another NYT Mini Crossword puzzle. Today I’ll hand out a few clues before I give out all the answers.

The crossword constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub join The New Yorker’s Puzzles & Games editor, Liz Maynes-Aminzade, to share their insights into crafting the perfect puzzle.

INEVITABLE (Freestyle): There's no theme today, as this is a freestyle, or themeless, puzzle. The title is a nod to THE LUCKIEST (49A: Ben Folds song with the lyric "Now I know all the wrong turns ...

OLE (18D: Copa Mundial cheer) "Copa Mundial" is Spanish for "World Cup." The FIFA World Cup is an international football (called soccer in the U.S.) competition held every four years. The next ...

With divorce rates at about 50 percent and climbing, it isn’t really a shocker that one in three Americans are living the stepfamily and blended family experience. So, is this new family dynamic ...

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JP Daily: 10/02/25 Cryptic: Across: 7 Side-splitting; 8 Hospital; 9 Acts; 10 Ranted; 12 Intact; 14 Orders; 16 Shimmy; 18 Goes; 20 Rich food; 22 Baby carriages. Down: 1 Dinosaur; 2 Despot; 3 Spat; 4 ...

Patrick Merrell is a crossword author for PEOPLE. He has been writing puzzles for PEOPLE and for PEOPLE books since 2008.

Each day, a few of the clues link to the news.

Take a break, play with letters and numbers, and stretch your grey cells. Come back every day to play a new game.