Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, March 25
Gael Cooper·2026-03-25·via CNET
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for March 25.
CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.
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Co-author of two Gen X pop-culture encyclopedia for Penguin Books. Won "Headline Writer of the Year" award for 2017, 2014 and 2013 from the American Copy Editors Society. Won first place in headline writing from the 2013 Society for Features Journalism.
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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for March 25, 2026.
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Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Instrument in bluegrass music Answer: BANJO
6A clue: Publication with the headline "C.I.A. Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years," with "The" Answer: ONION
7A clue: Cut-off point for cropped jeans Answer: ANKLE
8A clue: Hilarious person Answer: RIOT
9A clue: Place to hibernate Answer: DEN
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: "Tens across the ___!" Answer: BOARD
2D clue: 1982 film in which Carol Burnett played Miss Hannigan Answer: ANNIE
3D clue: Japanese camera brand Answer: NIKON
4D clue: Sudden shock Answer: JOLT
5D clue: Final number in a countdown Answer: ONE
CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.See full bio
