The NY Times Mini Crossword January 4, 2025 puzzle by Tracy Bennett is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Baby polar bear CUB
- 4 Arctic ___, big-eared critters in white winter coats HARES
- 6 Material for Frosty’s pipe CORNCOB
- 8 “I’m fr-fr-freezing!” BRR
- 9 Poem of high praise ODE
- 10 Frosty, e.g. SNOWMAN
- 12 Pigs’ digs STIES
- 13 Someone who might give bro hugs? SIS
Down
- 1 Noses for many a 10-Across (but not Frosty’s!) CARROTS
- 2 Caterer’s coffee dispenser URN
- 3 Turns into BECOMES
- 4 Don’t confuse them with antlers HORNS
- 5 CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT and STARRY, in a Connections category SODAS
- 6 Network that’s aired the Grammy Awards since 1973 CBS
- 7 ___ & Jerry’s BEN
- 11 GameCube successor WII
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