Daily Themed Mini Crossword October 8 2025 Answers

Every clue from the October 8, 2025 Mini, with the solution beside it and the completed grid below. The Mini is the small 5 x 5 puzzle — if you are after the full-size grid, it is on the October 8 2025 Daily Themed Crossword page.

10 of 10 clues

Across

1A Christmas toymaker ELF 3

4A Hair styling product GEL 3

5A "Jack and the Beanstalk" villain GIANT 5

8A "___ in Black: International" (Chris Hemsworth movie) MEN 3

9A Superlative suffix with "great," "fast," or "slow" EST 3

Down

1D Omelet ingredient EGG 3

2D Hawaiian floral wreath LEI 3

3D Moth attractor FLAME 5

6D Super ___ (Nintendo console): Abbr. NES 3

7D Explosive letters? TNT 3

No clue on this page matches that text.

Solved grid

The completed 5 x 5 Mini grid for October 8, 2025.

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About the October 8, 2025 Mini

The Daily Themed Mini Crossword is the small 5 x 5 companion to the main puzzle — 10 clues instead of the usual sixty-odd, so most players finish it in a couple of minutes. Answers here run three to five letters.

Looking for the full-size grid from the same day? It is on the Daily Themed Crossword October 8 2025 page. Every Mini we have solved is listed in the Mini archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.