What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin

The answer to “What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin” in the New York Times Mini crossword is ANGER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on October 23, 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.

“What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin” answer

ANGER (5 letters)

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Why the answer is ANGER

ANGER is the 5-letter solution that fits "What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin" in the NYT Mini crossword on October 23, 2025 (8-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does ANGER mean?

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

When else has “What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin” 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.

October 23, 2025 (most recent) → ANGER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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