NYT Mini Crossword Answers, Hints for Today, January 15, 2025

If you’re anything like me, the day is not complete until I complete all of the free word games from the New York Times. Working on the daily Connections, Wordle and Strands is a whole ritual for many of us. And we can’t forget about the NYT’s The Mini Crossword, too!

Although the NYT is known for “The Crossword,” a larger puzzle for paid subscribers, The Mini has quite the fan-following as well.

If you’re working on today’s Mini on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, and need some help (I’ve been there), get ready to read the clues and solutions for each line. We have them separated into hints first for both “Across” and “Down” words, followed by “Across Answers” and “Down Answers,” so be careful if you want to avoid spoilers as you scroll!

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Hints for NYT’s The Mini Crossword on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Here are additional clues for each of the words in today’s Mini Crossword.

NYT Mini Across Hints

1 Across: Food that many an N.Y.C. tourist grabs for breakfast — HINT: It starts with the letter “B”

6 Across: Got out of bed — HINT: It ends with the letter “E”

7 Across: Adjective paired with 3-Down in a simile — HINT: It starts with the letter “L”

8 Across: Effortlessness — HINT: It ends with the letter “E”

9 Across: Tyrannosaurus ___ — HINT: It starts with the letter “R”

NYT Mini Down Hints

1 Down: Makeshift seat in a barnyard, maybe — HINT: It ends with the letter “E”

2 Down: Very loud, like a stadium crowd — HINT: It starts with the letter “A”

3 Down: Bird whose name rhymes with 7-Across — HINT: It ends with the letter “E”

4 Down: Fictional Vermont college on Netflix’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls” — HINT: It starts with the letter “E”

5 Down: Author Harper — HINT: It ends with the letter “E”

Answers to NYT’s The Mini Crossword for Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Don’t go any further unless you want to know exactly what the correct words are in today’s Mini Crossword.

NYT Mini Across Answers

1 Across: Food that many an N.Y.C. tourist grabs for breakfast — BAGEL

6 Across: Got out of bed — AROSE

7 Across: Adjective paired with 3-Down in a simile — LOOSE

8 Across: Effortlessness — EASE

9 Across: Tyrannosaurus ___ — REX

NYT Mini Down Answers

1 Down: Makeshift seat in a barnyard, maybe — BALE

2 Down: Very loud, like a stadium crowd — AROAR

3 Down: Bird whose name rhymes with 7-Across — GOOSE

4 Down: Fictional Vermont college on Netflix’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls” — ESSEX

5 Down: Author Harper — LEE

That’s it! How quickly were you able to complete today’s Mini?!

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