NYT Mini Crossword Answers for February 5, 2025
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 M___ · 5A M____ · 6A I____ · 7A N___ · 8A I__ · 1D M____ · 2D E____ · 3D T___ · 4D A__ · 5D M___
Across
1A: Facebook's parent company
META · more answers for this clue
5A: Full-length skirts ... and a morning hour read backward
MAXIS · more answers for this clue
6A: Written with pen
ININK · more answers for this clue
7A: N.B.A. team that nearly renamed itself the Swamp Dragons in the 1990s
NETS · more answers for this clue
8A: "___ a Wonderful Life"
Down
1D: French modernist painter … and a morning hour read backward
MANET · more answers for this clue
2D: What lighted signs mark in theaters
EXITS · more answers for this clue
3D: Altoids containers
TINS · more answers for this clue
4D: Pose a question
5D: Short skirt
MINI · more answers for this clue
Completed grid
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META
MAXIS
ININK
NETS
ITS
FAQ
1-Across: Facebook's parent company
META.
5-Across: Full-length skirts ... and a morning hour read backward
MAXIS.
6-Across: Written with pen
ININK.
7-Across: N.B.A. team that nearly renamed itself the Swamp Dragons in the 1990s
NETS.
8-Across: "___ a Wonderful Life"
ITS.
1-Down: French modernist painter … and a morning hour read backward
MANET.
2-Down: What lighted signs mark in theaters
EXITS.
3-Down: Altoids containers
TINS.
4-Down: Pose a question
ASK.
5-Down: Short skirt
MINI.