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Across answers
- 1-Across: “Clean with elbow grease” — SCRUB
- 6-Across: “Fruit to which wrinkly fingers are compared” — PRUNE
- 7-Across: “’Meenie miney’ preceder” — EENIE
- 8-Across: “Light bulb units” — WATTS
- 9-Across: “’Meenie miney’ follower” — MOE
Down answers
- 1-Down: “Erupt with force” — SPEW
- 2-Down: “Doughnut filling” — CREAM
- 3-Down: “Total, as expenses” — RUNTO
- 4-Down: “Come together as one” — UNITE
- 5-Down: “They’re often abuzz about coneflowers” — BEES
About the puzzle date
The weekday resolves the year: the answer page from Parade is dated Wednesday, July 2, 2025, while an independent Mini archive identifies July 2, 2026 as Thursday.
Parade reported that the Mini reset at 10 p.m. and directed readers to NYT Games for previous puzzles. Those are source-attributed details, not a guarantee of the current reset schedule or archive access terms.
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