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This is the Saturday, March 29, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword—not today’s puzzle. Start with the hints below if you want to keep solving; the complete across and down answers follow the spoiler warning. Yahoo and Parade publish the same dated clue-and-answer set.
Hints for the March 29, 2025 Mini
- Try short, familiar fills first: “Author Rand” is three letters, and “___Tok” is another short entry.
- Egypt’s boy king is clued by a three-letter name.
- For longer answers, use crossings: the Hawaiian term for head honchos has seven letters, and the economy clue asks for its component groups.
- “Nature,” “Nova” and “NewsHour” point to the same public-broadcasting category. ATL and LAX are examples of what Delta uses as a network location.
- The clue about big teeth is a playful wordplay clue.
Full answers: spoiler warning
The entries below reveal the complete grid. The dated clue-and-answer lists are corroborated by Yahoo and Parade.
Across
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1A. Computer menu with quick-access commands | TASKBAR |
| 8A. “Yep, totally feel that” | IHEARYA |
| 9A. Cash register noise | KACHING |
| 10A. Egypt’s “boy king” | TUT |
| 11A. Topic for a language learner | PHONICS |
| 15A. Landmass comprising two continents | EURASIA |
| 16A. “Nature,” “Nova” or “NewsHour” | PBS SHOW |
Down
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1D. ___Tok | TIK |
| 2D. “I’ve figured it out!” | AHA |
| 3D. Chunks of the economy | SECTORS |
| 4D. Head honchos, from the Hawaiian | KAHUNAS |
| 5D. Like the spellings of “licence” and “favour,” for instance | BRITISH |
| 6D. Author Rand | AYN |
| 7D. Possible use for an old T-shirt | RAG |
| 11D. Lively spirit | PEP |
| 12D. ATL or LAX, for Delta | HUB |
| 13D. Tech exec, for short | CIO |
| 14D. What big teeth it has! | SAW |
How the trickier clues resolve
Use crossings for less familiar fills
KAHUNAS fits the Hawaiian clue for head honchos; BRITISH identifies the spelling style in “licence” and “favour,” while SECTORS supplies the economy’s chunks. Crossings help verify these longer entries rather than relying on clue wording alone.
Read the clue’s category or wordplay
“Nature,” “Nova” and “NewsHour” are each a PBS SHOW. ATL and LAX are HUBs in Delta’s network. The big-teeth clue is answered with SAW, giving the line a playful double meaning.
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Yahoo and Parade are secondary answer guides; these entries are the published solutions for the dated puzzle, not an official NYT solving-method statement.
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