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Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →The Thursday, Jan. 2 NYT Mini Crossword answers cannot be verified from the available sources, so no clue list or answer grid is provided here. The year matters: Jan. 2, 2026 was a Friday, not the Thursday puzzle this title refers to.
Which Jan. 2 puzzle is this?
The weekday in the title points to Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. A result for Jan. 2, 2026 identifies that puzzle as Friday, so it is a different daily crossword and cannot establish the 2025 answers.
Are the Thursday, Jan. 2 answers confirmed?
No. The clues and answers for the Jan. 2, 2025 Mini have not been verified, so publishing an answer key would risk giving you the wrong puzzle. Check an NYT Mini source that matches both the date and weekday before relying on any answers.
Playing the Mini and accessing older puzzles
A Jan. 30, 2025 article described that day’s Mini as free to play and older archive puzzles as requiring a Times Games subscription. That is a dated description, not confirmation of the current access policy. Read the Jan. 30, 2025 Yahoo Entertainment article.
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