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Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Feb. 1, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Computing platform?
Answer: DESK
5A clue: Campanelle is a bell-shaped variety of this
Answer: PASTA
6A clue: Daly of “Today”
Answer: CARSON
7A clue: Kickstarter supporters
Answer: BACKERS
8A clue: Landlocked neighbor of Georgia and Azerbaijan
Answer: ARMENIA
9A clue: Sneaks a peek
Answer: GLANCES
10A clue: Had a feeling about
Answer: SENSED
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Grows dim
Answer: DARKENS
2D clue: Magazine whose 50th anniversary issue featured Naomi Campbell on the cover
Answer: ESSENCE
3D clue: Legendary, as one’s past
Answer: STORIED
4D clue: State school whose students chant “Rock Chalk, Jayhawk!”
Answer: KANSAS
5D clue: Pellet-chomping arcade character
Answer: PACMAN
6D clue: Eric ___, author of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
Answer: CARLE
7D clue: Items strapped to a golf cart
Answer: BAGS
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