NYT Mini Crossword Answers for March 11, 2025

Here are the reported answers for the Tuesday, March 11, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword. The complete clue-and-answer list is attributed to Parade; an official NYT answer key for this date was not located.

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3		New York Times Simply Easy Crossword Puzzles	$8.09	Buy on Amazon
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5		Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! (New York Times Games Books)	$26.10	Buy on Amazon

Across

1. Format for many e-signed documents — PDF
2. Aspirations — GOALS
3. “This thesaurus is awful. Not only is it awful, it’s also _____!” (joke) — AWFUL
4. Southpaw, by another name — LEFTY
5. Deli bread variety — RYE

Down

1. Word after flower or fire — POWER
2. Looney Tunes character with the catchphrase “You’re dethpicable!” — DAFFY
3. What you might blow in, when you’re blowin’ in the wind? — FLUTE
4. Actress Gadot — GAL
5. Adjective for a fox — SLY

Parade published this date-specific answer list on March 11, 2025: Parade’s March 11, 2025 NYT Mini answers and hints.

How to play the NYT Mini and find past puzzles

The Mini is a smaller version of the New York Times Crossword: fill its white squares with words or phrases that answer the Across and Down clues. The New York Times says the puzzle is available on its Games website and in its Games app or News app. Its Help Center describes the Mini as available to anyone with a New York Times account.

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Games and All Access subscribers can solve past Mini puzzles in the NYT archive, according to the New York Times Help Center.

When the daily puzzle becomes available

The NYT Help Center says each daily Mini is available the evening before its publish date: weekdays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. EST the previous day, and Sundays at 6 p.m. EST on Saturday. These are the publisher’s stated times; local equivalents depend on the date and daylight-saving time.

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