N.B.A. team from the hottest major city in the United States

The answer to “N.B.A. team from the hottest major city in the United States” in the New York Times Mini crossword is SUNS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on January 13, 2026 at 6-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.

“N.B.A. team from the hottest major city in the United States” answer

SUNS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is SUNS

SUNS is the 4-letter solution that fits "N.B.A. team from the hottest major city in the United States" in the NYT Mini crossword on January 13, 2026 (6-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SUNS mean?

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

When else has “N.B.A. team from the hottest major city in the United States” 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.

January 13, 2026 (most recent) → SUNS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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