Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for March 30.
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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Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: 1975 Spielberg film that's considered the first summer blockbuster
Answer: JAWS
5A clue: "Oh okay, gotcha"
Answer: ISEE
6A clue: Athlete from New York (in one sport) or San Francisco (in another)
Answer: GIANT
8A clue: Declare publicly
Answer: AVOW
9A clue: Emperor who didn't actually fiddle while Rome burned
Answer: NERO
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: "The ___ is up!"
Answer: JIG
2D clue: Like lotus root and wax apples
Answer: ASIAN
3D clue: Drive dangerously in traffic
Answer: WEAVE
4D clue: Spanish title
Answer: SENOR
7D clue: Scrabble value of D or G
Answer: TWO
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
