Today's NTY Mini Clue, "Interlocks (with)", is particularly tricky. I immediately thought of things like key chains, locks, and other items that can be linked together, but I was way off.

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The answer to the August 16 NYT Mini-clue “Interlocks (with)” is “MESHES.” According to our friends at Merriam-Webster, “mesh” or “meshes” (in this case as an intransitive verb) means “to work closely together” or “to interlock.”