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The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don't have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old-school NYT Crossword, and you probably can complete it in a couple of minutes. But if you're stuck, we've got the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times' games collection. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let's get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: What a vacuum cleaner sucks up
Answer: DIRT

5A clue: "Clam up" or "chicken out"
Answer: IDIOM

7A clue: Rigatoni, radiatori or rotelle
Answer: PASTA

8A clue: Trim wool from
Answer: SHEAR

9A clue: "If I had ___ known!"
Answer: ONLY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Quick jumps in the pool
Answer: DIPS

2D clue: State where much of the Snake River flows
Answer: IDAHO

3D clue: Up and out of bed
Answer: RISEN

4D clue: Number at the bottom of a receipt
Answer: TOTAL

6D clue: American Impressionist painter Cassatt
Answer: MARY

How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day's Mini Crossword for free, but you'll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.