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The Saturday, January 4, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword answer key is below. Spoilers: the Across and Down clues and answers follow. The clue-and-answer list is attributed to Forbes contributor Kris Holt’s guide published that day.
Across answers
- Baby polar bear: CUB
- Arctic ___, big-eared critters in white winter coats: HARES
- Material for Frosty’s pipe: CORNCOB
- “I’m fr-fr-freezing!”: BRR
- Poem of high praise: ODE
- Frosty, e.g.: SNOWMAN
- Pigs’ digs: STIES
- Someone who might give bro hugs?: SIS
Down answers
- Noses for many a 10-Across (but not Frosty’s!): CARROTS
- Caterer’s coffee dispenser: URN
- Turns into: BECOMES
- Don’t confuse them with antlers: HORNS
- CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT and STARRY, in a Connections category: SODAS
- Network that’s aired the Grammy Awards since 1973: CBS
- ___ & Jerry’s: BEN
- GameCube successor: WII
Source and access note
The full clue-and-answer key is from Kris Holt’s Forbes guide, published January 4, 2025. That guide says the Mini can be played on the NYT website or NYT Games app and that archived previous puzzles require a subscription; those are the guide’s statements, not a confirmation of current access terms.
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