Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Feb. 25
Gael Cooper·2026-02-25·via CNET
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Feb. 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 Feb. 25, 2026.
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Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Computer function represented by a floppy disk icon Answer: SAVE
5A clue: Want more than anything Answer: CRAVE
7A clue: Enticed, with "in" Answer: ROPED
8A clue: In the company of Answer: AMONG
9A clue: Something to do "like it's 1999" Answer: PARTY
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Something to do "like it's 1999" Answer: SCRAP
2D clue: Fragrance Answer: AROMA
3D clue: What a humidifier emits Answer: VAPOR
4D clue: Curling or speed skating, for the Winter Olympics Answer: EVENT
6D clue: Risqué Answer: EDGY
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
