Icon on a flight map

Latest answer — December 03, 2025

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Across

  1. 1"___, don't tell" (writing adage)
  2. 5Creator of Indiana Jones and Han Solo
  3. 7What "ain't" can substitute for
  4. 8Icon on a flight map
  5. 9Federal food stamps initiative, familiarly

Down

  1. 1Action in the card game Egyptian Ratscrew
  2. 2Throws forcefully
  3. 3Where 97% of the Earth's water is found
  4. 4"You down?"
  5. 6Neil Armstrong took a "small" one

The answer to “Icon on a flight map” in the New York Times Mini crossword is PLANE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on December 3, 2025 at 8-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Icon on a flight map” answer

PLANE (5 letters)

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Why the answer is PLANE

PLANE is the 5-letter solution that fits "Icon on a flight map" in the NYT Mini crossword on December 3, 2025 (8-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does PLANE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of PLANE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie
  • a level of existence, thought, or development

When else has “Icon on a flight map” appeared?

New York Times Mini reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

December 3, 2025 (most recent) → PLANE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Icon on a flight map”?

The answer is PLANE, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on December 3, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Icon on a flight map”?

5 letters: PLANE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Mini crossword on December 3, 2025, at 8-Across.

Can “Icon on a flight map” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Mini sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of today's NYT Mini answers?

Every clue and answer from that day's puzzle is linked above, and the full grid is on the NYT Mini answers page.

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