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Across answers
- 1A: GOAT — “Petting zoo animal”
- 5A: COMMA — “Important feature of the sentence ‘I like cooking, family and friends’”
- 6A: UNION — “Labor alliance”
- 7A: BETS — “‘All ___ are off!’”
- 8A: ERS — “Triage centers, for short”
The COMMA clue points to the punctuation that separates the items in the sentence.
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Down answers
- 1D: GONER — “One who’s doomed to fail”
- 2D: OMITS — “Leaves out”
- 3D: AMOS — “‘Famous’ cookie maker”
- 4D: TAN — “Original color of peanut M&Ms, introduced in 1954”
- 5D: CUBE — “Rubik’s ___”
The TAN answer follows the clue’s reference to the original peanut M&M color; the clue supplies 1954 as the introduction year.
About the NYT Mini and archived puzzles
The Mini is a compact crossword from The New York Times. Forbes’ December 2024 guide described a typical puzzle as having three to five clues in each direction on a 5-by-5 grid, with some larger puzzles, particularly on Saturdays. It said the Mini could be played on the NYT website or NYT Games app, and that access to previous puzzles in the archives required an NYT Games subscription at that time. Those access details reflect the guide’s 2024 publication and are not confirmation of current account terms.
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For the full dated clue list and the source’s puzzle context, see Kris Holt’s Forbes guide, published December 15, 2024.
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