Spoilers ahead. These answers are for the NYT Mini Crossword dated Monday, February 10, 2025—not a puzzle for the current date.
Across answers
- Flowers that bloom in late winter: CROCI
- Energy fields “read” by psychics: AURAS
- Conflict jarringly, as colors: CLASH
- Head, in French: TÊTE
- Wrathful feeling: IRE
Down answers
- Prickly pears, e.g.: CACTI
- What’ll give you an inch, but not a mile: RULER
- Make a speech: ORATE
- Detective’s assignment: CASE
- “Kinda sorta”: ISH
This answer key was reported by The Inkl on February 10, 2025. The report is secondary coverage rather than an independently verified NYT answer record.
How to replay the February 10, 2025 Mini
NYT’s Crossword Archive lets users switch from Daily to Mini, choose a month and year, and select a puzzle. NYT says Games and All Access subscribers have archive access; non-subscribers have limited access. Follow the access prompt shown by NYT, since availability can depend on the current account and subscription.
- Open the NYT Crossword Archive.
- Switch the archive view to Mini.
- Select February 2025, then choose the February 10 puzzle.
The Mini is also available on the NYT crossword website, in the New York Times Games app, and in the News app for subscriptions that include Games. NYT says weekday and Saturday Minis are released at 10 p.m. EST the preceding evening; Sunday Minis are released at 6 p.m. EST on Saturday. In-game help can check or reveal a square, an answer, or the whole puzzle.
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NYT describes the Mini as a grid of crossing words or phrases solved from Across and Down clues. If you want to solve before viewing the key, use the in-game check or reveal options rather than opening the answers above.
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