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Today’s Mini Crossword wasn’t terribly hard, but it had one of those double clues that I hate, where they tell you, for example, that 7-Across is an “adjective paired with 3-Down in a simile.” That’s great, New York Times puzzlemakers, if only I already knew what 3-Down was. WHICH I DON’T. So I leave blanks, and I go back and forth, and eventually it all fills in. Need some answers and hints? 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 Jan. 15, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Food that many an N.Y.C. tourist grabs for breakfast
Answer: BAGEL
6A clue: Got out of bed
Answer: AROSE
7A clue: Adjective paired with 3-Down in a simile
Answer: LOOSE
8A clue: Effortlessness
Answer: EASE
9A clue: Tyrannosaurus ___
Answer: REX
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Makeshift seat in a barnyard, maybe
Answer: BALE
2D clue: Very loud, like a stadium crowd
Answer: AROAR
3D clue: Bird whose name rhymes with 7-Across
Answer: GOOSE
4D clue: Fictional Vermont college on Netflix’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls”
Answer: ESSEX
5D clue: Author Harper
Answer: LEE
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