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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 clue that those who graduated from the University of Michigan will appreciate. (No, it’s not “WOLVERINE.”) There’s also a cooking joke, at 9-Across. 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 for Feb. 25, 2024.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Word that can follow “belly of the” or “nature of the”
Answer: BEAST
6A clue: Coffee order with a frothy top
Answer: LATTE
7A clue: Ann ___, Mich.
Answer: ARBOR
8A clue: Night lights?
Answer: STARS
9A clue: You might have a lot of it on your hands, if you’re a chef
Answer: THYME
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Really fun time
Answer: BLAST
2D clue: Our world
Answer: EARTH
3D clue: Held in check
Answer: ATBAY
4D clue: Subject of a winter weather warning
Answer: STORM
5D clue: Abruptly worded
Answer: TERSE
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