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Need help with the NYT Mini Crossword for Saturday, March 8, 2025? The complete clue-and-answer key is below. Spoilers follow.
Saturday, March 8, 2025 NYT Mini answers
Spoiler warning: The answers below reveal the full puzzle.
Across
- 1-Across. One-for-one trades: SWAPS
- 6-Across. Subway stop: STATION
- 8-Across. With 11-Across, gathering that’s typically attended every five years: COLLEGE
- 9-Across. Patchett who wrote Bel Canto: ANN
- 10-Across. In addition: TOO
- 11-Across. See 8-Across: REUNION
- 13-Across. Place to testify in court: STAND
- 14-Across. The “S” of iOS: Abbr.: SYS
Down
- 1-Down. Mick Jagger’s band, familiarly, with “the”: STONES
- 2-Down. Crunchy bits in a brownie, maybe: WALNUTS
- 3-Down. Georgia’s capital, for short: ATL
- 4-Down. Dessert containers that inspired the Frisbee: PIE TINS
- 5-Down. Words repeated before “I got you” in James Brown’s “I Got You”: SO GOOD
- 6-Down. Evil lion in The Lion King: SCAR
- 7-Down. Fluorescent shade: NEON
- 12-Down. Dissenting vote: NAY
Playing the Mini and finding older puzzles
A 2025 Forbes answer listing reported that the current Mini was free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app, while access to previous puzzles in the archive required an NYT Games subscription. That access information is specific to the source’s 2025 report; current subscription rules may differ.
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