NYT Mini Crossword Answers for February 18, 2023
Updated
Tap a clue to reveal its answer. By Joel Fagliano.
No spoilers until you tap Reveal.
Hint: letter count and first letter of every answer
1A R______ · 8A I______ · 9A B______ · 10A A__ · 11A C______ · 15A O______ · 16A G______ · 1D R__ · 2D A__ · 3D M______ · 4D A______ · 5D D______ · 6D A__ · 7D N__ · 11D C__ · 12D I__ · 13D E__ · 14D L__
Across
1A: Holy month for Muslims
RAMADAN · more answers for this clue
8A: How a celebrity might roll up to the red carpet
INALIMO · more answers for this clue
9A: Totally crazy
BANANAS · more answers for this clue
10A: Pres. Lincoln
11A: Fortified castle on high ground
CITADEL · more answers for this clue
15A: Where Archie Manning and Eli Manning played college football
OLEMISS · more answers for this clue
16A: Learned little by little
GLEANED · more answers for this clue
Down
1D: Barbecue bone
2D: ___ Navarro, CNN political commentator
3D: Sea creature that sailors mistook for a mermaid, centuries ago
MANATEE · more answers for this clue
4D: Alphabetically first U.S. state
ALABAMA · more answers for this clue
5D: Ate at home
DINEDIN · more answers for this clue
6D: Q&A on Reddit
7D: Rejections
11D: Tooth on a gear wheel
12D: Feeling under the weather
13D: Opposite of WNW
14D: The drug acid, by another name
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RAMADAN
INALIMO
BANANAS
ABE
CITADEL
OLEMISS
GLEANED
FAQ
1-Across: Holy month for Muslims
RAMADAN.
8-Across: How a celebrity might roll up to the red carpet
INALIMO.
9-Across: Totally crazy
BANANAS.
10-Across: Pres. Lincoln
ABE.
11-Across: Fortified castle on high ground
CITADEL.
15-Across: Where Archie Manning and Eli Manning played college football
OLEMISS.
16-Across: Learned little by little
GLEANED.
1-Down: Barbecue bone
RIB.
2-Down: ___ Navarro, CNN political commentator
ANA.
3-Down: Sea creature that sailors mistook for a mermaid, centuries ago
MANATEE.
4-Down: Alphabetically first U.S. state
ALABAMA.
5-Down: Ate at home
DINEDIN.
6-Down: Q&A on Reddit
AMA.
7-Down: Rejections
NOS.
11-Down: Tooth on a gear wheel
COG.
12-Down: Feeling under the weather
ILL.
13-Down: Opposite of WNW
ESE.
14-Down: The drug acid, by another name
LSD.