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Across answers
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | One-for-one trades | SWAPS |
| 6A | Subway stop | STATION |
| 8A | With 11-Across, gathering that’s typically attended every five years | COLLEGE |
| 9A | Patchett who wrote Bel Canto | ANN |
| 10A | In addition | TOO |
| 11A | See 8-Across | REUNION |
| 13A | Place to testify in court | STAND |
| 14A | The “S” of iOS: Abbr. | SYS |
8-Across and 11-Across combine as COLLEGE REUNION.
Down answers
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | Mick Jagger’s band, familiarly, with “the” | STONES |
| 2D | Crunchy bits in a brownie, maybe | WALNUTS |
| 3D | Georgia’s capital, for short | ATL |
| 4D | Dessert containers that inspired the Frisbee | PIETINS |
| 5D | Words repeated before “I got you” in James Brown’s “I Got You” | SOGOOD |
| 6D | Evil lion in The Lion King | SCAR |
| 7D | Fluorescent shade | NEON |
| 12D | Dissenting vote | NAY |
How to play or revisit the Mini
The New York Times Help Center explains that the Mini is solved by filling white squares with letters to form words or phrases from Across and Down clues. Subscribers can play in the NYT Games app, on the web at nytimes.com/crosswords, and in the News app; subscribers can also access past Minis in the archive on the web and in the Games app. The Help Center says weekday and Saturday puzzles are available at 10 p.m. EST the prior day, while Sunday puzzles are available at 6 p.m. EST on Saturday. Its instructions also describe checking or revealing a square, an answer, or the whole puzzle. See the NYT Mini instructions for details.
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