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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.
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword has a little Easter egg at the end. Solve it, and a little red car shows up and starts driving around the puzzle where two partial words form “TUNNEL.” It’s kinda cute, kinda bizarre–see what you think. 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.
The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Feb. 23, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Sing like “Boopity-bop-dee-doo-dee-doo-bee”
Answer: SCAT
5A clue: Hawk’s claw
Answer: TALON
7A clue: The “U” in U.K.
Answer: UNITED
9A clue: “Hey, that’s cheating!”
Answer: NOFAIR
10A clue: Rapper with the songs “Hot in Herre” and “Air Force Ones”
Answer: NELLY
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Surprise greatly
Answer: STUN
2D clue: Officially accepted storylines
Answer: CANON
3D clue: “Get ___!” (“Stop being so boring!”)
Answer: ALIFE
4D clue: Sum amount
Answer: TOTAL
6D clue: Astronaut Armstrong
Answer: NEIL
8D clue: Free of moisture
Answer: DRY
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