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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 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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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 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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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

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