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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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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.

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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.

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I admit I’d never heard of the doubled-up phrase that fills in 1-Across and 4-Across in today’s Mini Crossword. Thankfully, the other clues were easy enough that it filled itself in. Want the answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  With 4-Across, non-alcoholic drink with a flavor reminiscent of beer
Answer: HOP

4A clue: See 1-Across
Answer: WATER

6A clue: Houston M.L.B. player
Answer: ASTRO

7A clue: Sister’s daughter
Answer: NIECE

8A clue: “Just ___ a bite” (parent’s dinner encouragement)
Answer: TRY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Possesses a certain unnameable quality
Answer: HASIT

2D clue: Animal that’s the mascot of California State University, Monterey Bay
Answer: OTTER

3D clue: Best friend of Thomas the Tank Engine
Answer: PERCY

4D clue: Sickly in appearance
Answer: WAN

5D clue: Spheres on a sushi roll
Answer: ROE

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I love to grill, but the answer to 5-Down was a little challenging for me. It’s legit, but it’s just not the way I typically use that word. That’s on me! Need a helping hand with today’s Mini Crossword? Keep reading. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Courtroom prosecutors, for short 
Answer: DAS

4A clue: Fails to mention
Answer: OMITS

7A clue: Finished the season on a hot streak
Answer: WONOUT

9A clue: Subtle distinction
Answer: NUANCE

10A clue: See 1-Down
Answer: RIGHT

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: With 10-Across, completely and utterly
Answer: DOWN

2D clue: Love, in French
Answer: AMOUR

3D clue: Mount where Moses received the Ten Commandments
Answer: SINAI

5D clue: Grab from the grill with a gripper
Answer: TONG

6D clue: “There’s no ___ thing!”
Answer: SUCH

8D clue: Vietnamese New Year
Answer: TET

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I’ll admit, I was thinking of a different kind of chip for 5-Down, and it threw me for a loop. I figured it out thanks to my deep knowledge of nacho toppings for 7-Across. Need a hand with today’s Mini Crossword? Keep reading. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: The heart of summer?
Answer: EMS

4A clue: Emotional request
Answer: PLEA

5A clue: Word before aching or dancing
Answer: BELLY

6A clue: Many fans of Premier League clubs
Answer: BRITS

7A clue: Nacho topping that rhymes with 3-Down
Answer: QUESO

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Leading role on “The Last of Us”
Answer: ELLIE

2D clue: Gooey diner sandwiches
Answer: MELTS

3D clue: Authoritative approval
Answer: SAYSO

4D clue: Country on one side of Lake Titicaca
Answer: PERU

5D clue: Orange-and-brown chip flavor, for short
Answer: BBQ

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Today’s Mini Crossword took me longer than normal. 6-Across was a bit of a test, and even though I love the book Charlotte’s Web, I had a different answer in mind for 7-Down. Need answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  Coffee, informally … or a big coffee-producing island
Answer: JAVA

5A clue: Figure skating jump
Answer: AXEL

6A clue: Wide-ranging music playlists
Answer: MIXES

8A clue: On deck
Answer: NEXT

9A clue: Down Under welcome
Answer: GDAY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Print issue?
Answer: JAM

2D clue: Cutting down
Answer: AXING

3D clue: Annoyed
Answer: VEXED

4D clue: Virtual assistant whose name starts with the same letter as its parent company
Answer: ALEXA

7D clue: Wilbur’s home in “Charlotte’s Web”
Answer: STY

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Today’s Mini Crossword expects you to have a wide knowledge of things, from a Rolling Stones song to a Greek letter, but none of the clues are too terribly difficult. Want some answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  Word before “flaw” or “Attraction”
Answer: FATAL

6A clue: Pickle liquid
Answer: BRINE

7A clue: Horseshoe-shaped Greek letter
Answer: OMEGA

8A clue: Literary theme
Answer: MOTIF

9A clue: Like a stereotypical frat dude, in slang
Answer: BROEY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Irresponsible thing to “drop” around small children, perhaps
Answer: FBOMB

2D clue: Cover of knight?
Answer: ARMOR

3D clue: Link with
Answer: TIETO

4D clue: The “you” in the Rolling Stones lyric “Don’t you weep / All your kisses still taste sweet”
Answer: ANGIE

5D clue: Full of foliage
Answer: LEAFY

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Today’s Mini Crossword was a tough one for me! I struggled with 7-Across and 3-Down especially. Need some help? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  Feeling extremely happy
Answer: JOYFUL

7A clue: Wake from sleep
Answer: AROUSE

8A clue: Brand of cinnamon-flavored chewing gum
Answer: BIGRED

9A clue: Talk and talk and talk
Answer: GAB

10A clue: Bengal, colt or dolphin
Answer: ANIMAL

13A clue: TV show ending
Answer: FINALE

14A clue: Rook, to a chess newbie
Answer: CASTLE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Quick boxing punch
Answer: JAB

2D clue: Beginnings
Answer: ORIGINS

3D clue: Where you might strike a pose?
Answer: YOGAMAT

4D clue: Nickname for a fuzzy cat
Answer: FURBALL

5D clue: One of many for white vinegar
Answer: USE

6D clue: Was winning
Answer: LED

10D clue: The Bengals, Colts and Dolphins play in it: Abbr
Answer: AFC

11D clue: ___ DaCosta, director of 2023’s “The Marvels”
Answer: NIA

12D clue: Harper who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Answer: LEE

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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.

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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

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