Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Jan. 21

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Looking for most recent Answer to mini crosswords? Click here for today’s mini crossword cluesplus our daily answers and tips for Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles from The New York Times.


THE NYT Mini Crossword The clue that confused me today was 4-Down, “Those who work with meters and feet”. So… people who measure things? Architects? Creators? Even the fairly simple Mini Crosswords like to trick you, and this clue refers to a completely different type of meters and feet. I feel like I should have known this when I studied English, but admittedly university was a long time ago. Need more help with today’s mini crosswords? Keep reading. And if you could use some tips and advice to solve your daily problems, check out our Mini Crossword Tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times games collection. If you are looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s New York Times Puzzle Tips Page.

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

Let’s move on to these mini crossword clues and answers.

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The mini crossword puzzle completed by January 21, 2025.

NYT/Screenshot by CNET

Mini through clues and answers

1 Hint: A Little Wet
Solution: WET

5 Hint: Unmoved
Solution: ALOOF

7A clue: Creature on a lifeboat with Pi, in “Life of Pi”
Answer: TIGER

8A clue: Less than 90°
Solution: ACUTE

9A clue: “What ___ is new?”
Answer: OTHER

Mini-clues and answers

Index 1D: what has not been processed if it is raw
Answer: DATA

Clue 2D: Character climbing through the mirror
Answer: ALICE

3D Clue: Tycoon
Solution: MOGUL

Clue 4D: those who work with meters and feet?
Answer: POETS

6D index: free
Answer: FREE

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 and available to everyone. You can play the current day’s mini crosswords for free, but you will need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.


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