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Looking for\u00a0the most recent<\/strong>\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.<\/p>\n Today’s Mini Crossword is the longest of the week, and it was a bit tough, too. Lots of long answers, so it took me over two minutes to solve it. Need the answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.<\/p>\n The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit\u00a0CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.<\/p>\n Read more: <\/strong>Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword<\/p>\n Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 9, 2025.<\/p>\n <\/span> NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/p>\n 1A clue: \u00a0Friendly and pleasant 8A clue: Irritatingly self-important 9A clue: Cheerleaders’ accessories 10A clue: Barely ___ out a living 11A clue: “We haven’t decided yet,” on schedules 12A clue: Radio exposure for a song 14A clue: __ of two evils 15A clue: Pancake mix ingredient 1D clue: Challenge to a court ruling 2D clue: Dodgers slugger Betts 3D clue: Deeply involve oneself (in) 4D clue: Smartphone download 5D clue: Illegal copy 6D clue: Kind of support for the lower back 7D clue: English class assignment 13D clue: French soccer club that won its first Champions League title in 2025, for short Looking for\u00a0the most recent\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s Mini Crossword is the longest of the week, and it was a bit tough, too. Lots of long answers, so it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[994,6500,1107,1106,832,831],"class_list":{"0":"post-14802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-answers","9":"tag-aug","10":"tag-crossword","11":"tag-mini","12":"tag-nyt","13":"tag-todays"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Mini across clues and answers<\/h2>\n
Answer: AMIABLE<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: POMPOUS<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: POMPOMS<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: EKE<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: AIRPLAY<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: LESSER<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: EGG<\/strong><\/p>\nMini down clues and answers<\/h2>\n
Answer: APPEAL<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: MOOKIE<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: IMMERSE<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: APP<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: BOOTLEG<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: LUMBAR<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: ESSAY<\/strong><\/p>\n
Answer: PSG<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"