NYT Mini Crossword Answers for January 17, 2020
Updated
Tap a clue to reveal its answer. By Joel Fagliano.
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Hint: letter count and first letter of every answer
1A L___ · 5A A___ · 6A T____ · 8A E____ · 9A S__ · 1D L___ · 2D O___ · 3D N____ · 4D G____ · 7D S__
Across
1A: Past the baseline, in tennis
LONG · more answers for this clue
5A: Swear to be true
AVER · more answers for this clue
6A: U.S. home of the cities Paris, Athens and Dublin
TEXAS · more answers for this clue
8A: Blow, as a volcano
ERUPT · more answers for this clue
9A: Unlikely to ask out one's crush
Down
1D: It's better than never, in a saying
LATE · more answers for this clue
2D: Finished
OVER · more answers for this clue
3D: Intersecting point
NEXUS · more answers for this clue
4D: Where x=y forms a diagonal line
GRAPH · more answers for this clue
7D: Pigpen
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LONG
AVER
TEXAS
ERUPT
SHY
FAQ
1-Across: Past the baseline, in tennis
LONG.
5-Across: Swear to be true
AVER.
6-Across: U.S. home of the cities Paris, Athens and Dublin
TEXAS.
8-Across: Blow, as a volcano
ERUPT.
9-Across: Unlikely to ask out one's crush
SHY.
1-Down: It's better than never, in a saying
LATE.
2-Down: Finished
OVER.
3-Down: Intersecting point
NEXUS.
4-Down: Where x=y forms a diagonal line
GRAPH.
7-Down: Pigpen
STY.