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You don’t want to know how confused I was by the answer for 9 Across in the mini crossword puzzle. I filled in the other answers and then sat there looking at a completed puzzle but couldn’t figure out how THAT was the answer to a clue that said, “Roll with it.” Then at some point I realized that they don’t “die “ meant in the sense of “death”, but as in the singular of “dice”, something that one throws. Phew. If you’re stuck on any of the clues today, we have the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword Puzzle Tips.

The mini crossword puzzle is just one of many games in the Times games collection. If you are looking for today’s Word, Compound and Strand answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT Puzzle Clues page.

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Let’s move on to the mini crossword puzzle clues and answers.

Mini about hints and answers

1A hint: hit with a beam of light
Answer: LASE

5A note: ___ Solstice, the shortest day of the year
Answer: WINTER

7One hint: 100 years
Answer: CENTURY

8A note: 100 years for Jimmy Carter
Answer: DUDE

9A note: get involved!
Answer: DIE

10A note: Newbies to the sport
Answer: ROOKIES

12A note: Like every day in relation to the previous day for the next six months
Answer: LONGER

13A note: Eugene V. ___, five-time presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America
Answer: DEBS

Minimize hints and answers

1D Note: Maybe the first space on a form
Answer: LINEONE

2D Clue: Unwanted crawler on a kitchen counter
Answer: ANT

3D Note: Preparing for an exam
Answer: STUDIES

4D Note: Scarier
Answer: Scarier

5D Clue: “Is everything cool between us?”
Answer: GOOD

6D Note: Some breads…or a homophone for what they do in the oven
Answer: RYE

7D Note: Astronomer Sagan, whose papers are archived at the Library of Congress
Answer: CARL

11D Clue: Spy Organization. in “Bridge of Spies”
Answer: KGB

How to play more mini crosswords

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