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Mini crossword answers for January 31, 2026

Mini Crossword · January 31, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

Every clue from today's NYT Mini, with the answers hidden until you want them. Start with the lengths, then first letters, then reveal.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with C
  • 4 starts with B
  • 7 starts with A
  • 8 starts with E
  • 9 starts with A
  • 10 starts with T
  • 11 starts with D
  • 13 starts with D
  • 14 starts with M
  • 15 starts with S
  • 16 starts with E
  • 17 starts with P
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Lifeguard's skill, for short CPR
  • 4 Across: Health measure calculated using height and weight: Abbr. BMI
  • 7 Across: "I've cracked the code!" AHA
  • 8 Across: Long, long time EON
  • 9 Across: Like a desert's climate ARID
  • 10 Across: "We're still figuring it out" inits. TBD
  • 11 Across: Holder of meats and cheeses at a supermarket DELICASE
  • 13 Across: Needing careful handling DELICATE
  • 14 Across: X-ray alternative MRI
  • 15 Across: Zipped along SPED
  • 16 Across: Suffix with legal ESE
  • 17 Across: Ask nosy questions PRY
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with C
  • 2 starts with P
  • 3 starts with R
  • 4 starts with B
  • 5 starts with M
  • 6 starts with I
  • 9 starts with A
  • 12 starts with C
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Header on a company's website, perhaps CAREERS
  • 2 Down: Opponent of a Met or Marlin, in the N.L. East PHILLIE
  • 3 Down: Halves of diameters RADII
  • 4 Down: Tech release that's not the finished product BETAAPP
  • 5 Down: Mafia member MOBSTER
  • 6 Down: "Yes ___!" (informal "For sure!") INDEEDY
  • 9 Down: Words from someone hoping to be friends on Facebook ADDME
  • 12 Down: Includes on an email chain CCS
Show the solved grid
1C2P3R4B5M6I7AHA8EON9ARID10TBD11DELI12CASE13DELICATE14MRI15SPED16ESE17PRY

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