Mini Crossword Answers Sunday 21 Jan 2024
The answers to the New York Times Mini Crossword for Sunday 21, are listed below, grouped by their orientation on the grid.
ACROSS
| Clue | Answer |
| Begin to flower | BUD |
| In conflict | ATWAR |
| Basketball stats category | ASSISTS |
| Neckwear provided at some restaurants | BIB |
| Pikes Peak people | UTE |
| One-dish meal | CHILI |
| “You’re playing with fire!” | WATCHIT |
| Game night cry | UNO |
| “First, I founded an aerospace start-up, but I never ?” | GOTITOFFTHEGROUND |
| Messy room | STY |
| Make the first bet | OPEN |
| Go back over | REREAD |
| Proverbial hard workers | ANTS |
| Bourne’s employer in “The Bourne Identity,” in brief | CIA |
| Popular indoor tree | FICUS |
| Total revolution? | YEAR |
| Ardennes assent | OUI |
| Singer’s asset | RANGE |
| Daughter of Muhammad | FATIMA |
| “When that fell through, I tried my hand at fishmongering, but we ?” | DIDNTSCALEWELL |
| Sensitivity | TACT |
| Common resolutions | DIETS |
| Squat, so to speak | SIT |
| Pop singer with noted bangs (and bangers!) | SIA |
| Go back down | EBB |
| J. M. Barrie, for one | SCOT |
| What Ralph represents in a Freudian analysis of “Lord of the Flies” | EGO |
| Betrays | FLIPSON |
| “Next, I pivoted into breakfast restaurants, but competitors ?” | POACHEDOUREMPLOYEES |
| Passages | CORRIDORS |
| Medal-earning mettle | VALOR |
| Purchase printout: Abbr. | RCPT |
| New Year’s Day | ONEONE |
| Place of prayer | PEW |
| Sat ___ (GPS system) | NAV |
| Behind | TUSHIE |
| Library section | TEEN |
| Broski | HOMIE |
| There are 768 of these in a gallon | TEASPOONS |
| “When I tried candlemaking, all my workers ?” | SUFFEREDFROMBURNOUT |
| Section of the nosebleed seats | LASTROW |
| Poetic preposition | ERE |
| Lead-in to zone | EURO |
| Some music collectibles, for short | LPS |
| Whiz | ACE |
| Counterpart of science, they say | ART |
| Freight, e.g. | GOODS |
| Uncles, in Uruguay | TIOS |
| “I decided to try operating an airport, but just before launch we ?” | RANOUTOFRUNWAY |
| Goes first | STARTS |
| Wrote, as a bad check | KITED |
| Moose’s mating season | RUT |
| Universal donor’s designation, informally | ONEG |
| Betray one’s standards | STOOP |
| Bridge component | BID |
| “We’ll see” | IMAY |
| Backdrop | LOCALE |
| Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybe | YOLO |
| Creature that swallows its prey whole | BOA |
| “Finally, I decided to buy a grocery store on an intersection, but a rival had …” | CORNEREDTHEMARKET |
| “Wise” one | OWL |
| “Enjoyed” some humble pie | ATECROW |
| Bolting Bolt | USAIN |
| Union contract? | IDO |
| Counterpart of “thx” | PLS |
| Corrupting influence | BADSEED |
| Full ___ | MONTY |
| Over time period? | EON |
DOWN
| Clue | Answer |
| “Leave me alone!” | BUGOFF |
| Heaven on earth | UTOPIA |
| Pick up on | DETECT |
| State lines? | ACT |
| Hammer wielder of myth | THOR |
| The missus | WIFEY |
| ___ Butts, inventor of Scrabble | ALFRED |
| CVS competitor | RITEAID |
| Thunderstruck | AWED |
| Slump | SAG |
| Big name in jeans | STRAUSS |
| Quintessential | ICONIC |
| Turn (off) | SHUT |
| Spam holders | TINS |
| Health class subj. | STD |
| Sloan or Wharton | BUSINESSSCHOOL |
| Opposite of relief, in printmaking | INTAGLIO |
| ___ wonder | BOY |
| Traditional makers of anoraks | INUIT |
| Like kale vis-à-vis lettuce | HARDIER |
| Call of a raven | CAW |
| Break, as a window | SMASHIN |
| Aid in getting a leg up? | OTTOMAN |
| Knot again! | RETIE |
| Pizazz | ELAN |
| Bow (to) | ACCEDE |
| Desert bordering Sinai | NEGEV |
| Regarding | ASFOR |
| Harry Potter’s mother | LILY |
| Hubbub | TODO |
| Disney theme park | EPCOT |
| Yankees manager Aaron | BOONE |
| Absolute minimum required | BAREESSENTIALS |
| Listlessness | TORPOR |
| Soul | PERSON |
| Portmanteau pastry | CRONUT |
| 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title sounds like a command | USEME |
| “Allegory of the cave” philosopher | PLATO |
| 1956 Elvis hit whose title sounds like a command | LOVEME |
| Centerfold, say | PINUP |
| Bits of troubleshooting | TESTS |
| Football receiver | WIDEOUT |
| Yiddish word meaning “woe” | TSURIS |
| Eradicates starting from the bottom | UPROOTS |
| Follow closely | HEWTO |
| Zac of “Baywatch” | EFRON |
| Share a side | ABUT |
| Identity theft, for one | FRAUD |
| Snow day project | FORT |
| The 380-foot-tall Hyperion, for one | REDWOOD |
| Bit of carefree fun | LARK |
| Trendy treat of Brazilian origin | ACAIBOWL |
| Swiss cheese | GRUYERE |
| Man cave, maybe | SANCTUM |
| Bacchanalian beast | SATYR |
| Ref. work that began as a Philological Society project | OED |
| Swiss “cheese” | FRANCS |
| “Whatcha gonna do about it?” | YEAHSO |
| Cub or colt | ROOKIE |
| “Holy ___!” | TOLEDO |
| Perfect in every way | SPOTON |
| Extract | GLEAN |
| Tiniest bit | IOTA |
| Talking horse of ’60s TV | MRED |
| Apt rhyme of “nude” and “crude” | LEWD |
| Send off | EMIT |
| Catchy song, in slang | BOP |
| Thing to catch in a city | CAB |
| Tobiko or masago | ROE |
| ___ second | ANY |
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