past mini crossword answers

Across Clues Answers 1a What SpongeBob uses as a telephone SHELL 6a Telephone answering word HELLO 7a Following Islamic dietary laws HALAL 8a Watch’s display TIME 9a “Watch your ___!” HEAD DOWN Clues Answers 1d “Quiet, you!” SHH 2d Coffee ___ Bar Crunch (classic Ben & Jerry’s flavor) HEATH 3d Actress Kemper of “The Office”

Across Clues Answers 1a Instrument in the bluegrass classic “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” BANJO 6a Smart ___ (wise guy) ALECK 7a Compete in a contest that’s lost by blinking STARE 8a Strongly disliked HATED 9a One of eight on a chessboard, or five in a Mini crossword ROW DOWN Clues Answers 1d Criticize harshly BASH 2d

Across Clues Answers 1a Mother chicken HEN 4a Word after “leading” and “first” LADY 5a Just peachy … or a hint to the two letters that appear most often in this grid DANDY 6a Bryant of “S.N.L.” fame AIDY 7a Like overcooked chicken DRY DOWN Clues Answers 1d Helpful HANDY 2d Swirl of water EDDY

Across Clues Answers 1a Roughly 20 million people in India, religiously SIKHS 6a “No need to remind me” IKNOW 7a Insurance company whose mascot helped to solve a crossword in a 2025 ad GEICO 8a Ultra-masculine MACHO 9a Invite to enter ASKIN DOWN Clues Answers 1d Greek “S” SIGMA 2d Swedish furniture stores IKEAS 3d

Across Clues Answers 1a Sound of an online message PING 5a Underwater detection device SONAR 6a Chicago’s ___ Presidential Center OBAMA 7a Appropriate anagram of VENMO, if you change the “V’ to a “Y” MONEY 8a Potentially awkward wedding guests EXES DOWN Clues Answers 1d Destination for mail that doesn’t go to your home address,

Across Clues Answers 1a 24 cans of beer CASE 5a ? or ? ARROW 6a Cold spike? ICICLE 7a Dance steps after “Right foot, let’s stomp! Left foot, let’s stomp!” CHACHAS 8a Cybersecurity menace HACKER 9a Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, etc. IVIES 10a “Cool!” NEAT DOWN Clues Answers 1d A sport, or an insect CRICKET 2d

Across Clues Answers 1a Spanish question word QUE 4a National Ice Cream Month and National Hot Dog Month JULY 5a Battery life, informally JUICE 6a Poker buy-ins ANTES 7a Tie up, as a ship MOOR DOWN Clues Answers 1d Only world capital that starts with “Q” QUITO 2d Painful sore ULCER 3d Snake ___ (dice

Across Clues Answers 1a ___ shrimp (classic oxymoron) JUMBO 6a Love, to a Frenchman AMOUR 7a Tale from Aesop FABLE 8a Friend, to a Spaniard AMIGO 9a Provokes, with “up” RILES DOWN Clues Answers 1d Disney villain between Gaston and Scar JAFAR 2d The so-called “fifth taste” UMAMI 3d Gas brand that merged with Exxon

Across Clues Answers 1 “Piece of cake!” EASY 5 Piece of cake SLICE 6 Centers of stars CORES 7 Like a bar with free drinks OPEN 8 Word repeated during a mic check TEST DOWN Clues Answers 1 Run away to get married ELOPE 2 Buenos ___, Argentina AIRES 3 Distinctive smell SCENT 4 R.S.V.P.

Across Clues Answers 1a Impressive academic degree PHD 4a *Place to find a doc PIER 5a *Dallas Cowboys stat TEXAS 6a *Make a scar KNIT 7a Number of letters missing from the ends of each starred Across clue in this puzzle ONE DOWN Clues Answers 1d Mischievous fairy PIXIE 2d What radiators and microwaves generate