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Extra hints for the March 1 Mini
Use these nudges to try the entries before revealing the complete list.
- Across: Think of a school athlete for the letterman jacket, halos or other glows around something, eating small portions over time, frozen precipitation, and abbreviated fight-ending knockouts.
- Down: Look for an informal Jacksonville football player, a Taylor Swift lyric completing “But this love is ___,” a cranky person, a buzzing musical instrument, and a verb for sewing.
Answers for Sunday, March 1, 2026
Spoilers below: the complete clue-and-answer list follows.
Across
- Stereotypical wearer of a letterman jacket — Jock
- Surrounding glows — Auras
- Eschew a heavy meal in favor of light snacks — Graze
- The white stuff? — Snow
- M.M.A. fight enders, for short — KOs
Down
- Jacksonville N.F.L. player, informally — Jag
- “But this love is ___” (Taylor Swift lyric) — Ours
- Grumbly sort — Crank
- Instrument that buzzes — Kazoo
- Uses needle and thread — Sews
About this answer list
The dated guide calls The Mini a “bite-sized version” of the NYT crossword and describes it as a “speed-running test” for many players. Those are the guide’s qualitative descriptions, not measured claims about this puzzle’s difficulty or solve time. The detailed answer list was published by Mashable on March 1, 2026, and republished by Yahoo Tech.
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