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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, March 29

Here are the answers for the New York Times Mini Crossword for March 29.

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Let's get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Saturday, March 29, 2025

The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Saturday, March 29.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Computer menu with quick-access commands
Answer: TASKBAR

8A clue: "Yep, totally feel that"
Answer: IHEARYA

9A clue: Cash register noise
Answer: KACHING

10A clue: Egypt's "boy king"
Answer: TUT

11A clue: Topic for a language learner
Answer: PHONICS

15A clue: Landmass comprising two continents
Answer: EURASIA

16A clue: "Nature," "Nova" or "NewsHour"
Answer: PBSSHOW

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: ___Tok
Answer: TIK

2D clue: "I've figured it out!"
Answer: AHA

3D clue: Chunks of the economy
Answer: SECTORS

4D clue: Head honchos, from the Hawaiian
Answer: KAHUNAS

5D clue: Like the spellings of "licence" and "favour," for instance
Answer: BRITISH

6D clue: Author Rand
Answer: AYN

7D clue: Possible use for an old T-shirt
Answer: RAG

11D clue: Lively spirit
Answer: PEP

12D clue: ATL or LAX, for Delta
Answer: HUB

13D clue: Tech exec, for short
Answer: CIO

14D clue: What big teeth it has!
Answer: SAW

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