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Today’s mini crossword wasn’t very difficult, but it contained one of those double clues that I hate, where they tell you, for example, that 7-Across is an “adjective associated with 3-Down in a comparison. That’s awesome, New York Times puzzle makers, if only I already knew what 3-Down was. WHAT I DON’T DO. So I leave blanks, go back and forth, and eventually everything fills in. Need answers and clues? Keep reading. And if you could use some daily solving tips and tricks, check out our mini crossword tips.
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Let’s move on to these mini crossword clues and answers.
The NYT mini crossword puzzle completed by January 15, 2025.
Mini through clues and answers
1A Hint: The Food Many New York Tourists Have for Breakfast
Answer: BAGEL
6 Hint: I got out of bed
Solution: AROSE
7A clue: Adjective associated with 3-Down in a comparison
Solution: COWARD
8A clue: simplicity
Answer: EASY
9A Clue: Tyrannosaurus ___
Answer: REX
Mini-clues and answers
Clue 1D: makeshift seat in a barnyard, perhaps
Solution: BASEL
2D Clue: Very noisy, like a crowd in a stadium
Solution: AROAR
3D Clue: Bird whose name rhymes with 7-Across
Solution: GOOSE
Clue 4D: A fictional Vermont university in Netflix’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls”
Solution: ESSEX
5D Clue: Author Harper
Answer: LEE
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