NYT Mini Crossword Answers, Hints for Today, March 9, 2025
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword.
1 Across: All over the ___ — HINT: It starts with the letter "M"4 Across: Exasperated words before trailing off into a facepalm — HINT: It ends with the letter "T"7 Across: Kendrick who won five Grammys for 2024's "Not Like Us" — HINT: It starts with the letter "L"8 Across: Rapper in a beef with 7-Across — HINT: It ends with the letter "E"9 Across: "The birds and the bees" — HINT: It starts with the letter "S"
1 Down: Not spicy, as salsa — HINT: It ends with the letter "D"2 Down: Slightly open, as a door — HINT: It starts with the letter "A"3 Down: Mountain lions — HINT: It ends with the letter "S"5 Down: Alcohol whose varieties include junmai ("pure rice") and nigori ("cloudy") — HINT: It starts with the letter "S"6 Down: Dino with short arms — HINT: It ends with the letter "X"
Don't go any further unless you want to know exactly what the correct words are in today's Mini Crossword.
1 Across: All over the ___ — MAP4 Across: Exasperated words before trailing off into a facepalm — IJUST7 Across: Kendrick who won five Grammys for 2024's "Not Like Us" — LAMAR8 Across: Rapper in a beef with 7-Across — DRAKE9 Across: "The birds and the bees" — SEX
1 Down: Not spicy, as salsa — MILD2 Down: Slightly open, as a door — AJAR3 Down: Mountain lions — PUMAS5 Down: Alcohol whose varieties include junmai ("pure rice") and nigori ("cloudy") — SAKE6 Down: Dino with short arms — TREX
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