Like hair in a mohawk, often

The answer to “Like hair in a mohawk, often” in the New York Times Mini crossword is SPIKY — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on July 24, 2025 at 1-Down. 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.

“Like hair in a mohawk, often” answer

SPIKY (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SPIKY

SPIKY is the 5-letter solution that fits "Like hair in a mohawk, often" in the NYT Mini crossword on July 24, 2025 (1-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SPIKY mean?

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

When else has “Like hair in a mohawk, often” 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.

July 24, 2025 (most recent) → SPIKY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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