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Today’s Mini Crossword threw me a couple of stumpers. 8-Across, T-shirt size, could be two different five-letter words, and I picked the wrong size. Need answers to today’s NYT Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  Sailboat’s post
Answer: MAST

5A clue: “My ___ car is a …” (bumper sticker phrase)
Answer: OTHER

7A clue: Official state mammal of Alaska and Maine
Answer: MOOSE

8A clue: T-shirt size
Answer: SMALL

9A clue: Defeat, as a dragon
Answer: SLAY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Story time readers, perhaps
Answer: MOMS

2D clue: There are roughly ten million billion (10^16) of these in a grain of salt
Answer: ATOMS

3D clue: Sandbank
Answer: SHOAL

4D clue: Automaker named after an inventor
Answer: TESLA

6D clue: Count (on)
Answer: RELY

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I was cruising through the Across clues on today’s Mini Crossword until I got to 5-Across, which threw me for a loop. But once the Down answers began filling in, I figured it out. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in The Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Parts of a museum dinosaur exhibit
Answer: BONES

6A clue: Smiling Face with Sunglasses, for one
Answer: EMOJI

7A clue: Painter’s stand
Answer: EASEL

8A clue: Restaurant item often asked for by signing the air
Answer: CHECK

9A clue: Overly slapdash
Answer: HASTY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Tree with smooth gray bark
Answer: BEECH

2D clue: Nebraska city that’s home to Union Pacific headquarters
Answer: OMAHA

3D clue: Features of bloodhounds that are said to be 1,000 times stronger than humans
Answer: NOSES

4D clue: Boot from a game
Answer: EJECT

5D clue: ___ smooth
Answer: SILKY

Quick tips for the NYT Mini Crossword

#1: If you’re unsure, put down an answer anyway, but remember your uncertainty. You might find yourself erasing that answer as other letters fill in.

#2: If you’re struggling with a few Across clues, skip to the Down side. You might be able to fill that in and find the Across clues solved for you.

#3: The puzzle-makers love to play little word games, so be on your guard. They may offer a clue where the words don’t mean the obvious. If you’re stumped, try thinking of secondary meanings for phrases in the clue.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword could be tricky. 1-Across and 7-Across really threw me, and I had to wait till other answers filled in those letters to guess the full answers. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Church tower topper
Answer: SPIRE

6A clue: Boardwalk addition that raises rent to $2000
Answer: HOTEL

7A clue: Plant in the agave family
Answer: YUCCA

8A clue: Informal discussion
Answer: CHAT

9A clue: P.R. buzz
Answer: HYPE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Having trouble making friends on the first day of school, say
Answer: SHY

2D clue: Holder of a baby kangaroo
Answer: POUCH

3D clue: Like wool sweaters
Answer: ITCHY

4D clue: Sports write-up after a game
Answer: RECAP

5D clue: Make happy
Answer: ELATE

How to play more Mini Crosswords

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