The NY Times Mini Crossword January 31, 2026 puzzle by Sam Ezersky is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Quick searchAcross
- 1 Lifeguard’s skill, for short CPR
- 4 Health measure calculated using height and weight: Abbr. BMI
- 7 “I’ve cracked the code!” AHA
- 8 Long, long time EON
- 9 Like a desert’s climate ARID
- 10 “We’re still figuring it out” inits. TBD
- 11 Holder of meats and cheeses at a supermarket DELICASE
- 13 Needing careful handling DELICATE
- 14 X-ray alternative MRI
- 15 Zipped along SPED
- 16 Suffix with legal ESE
- 17 Ask nosy questions PRY
Down
- 1 Header on a company’s website, perhaps CAREERS
- 2 Opponent of a Met or Marlin, in the N.L. East PHILLIE
- 3 Halves of diameters RADII
- 4 Tech release that’s not the finished product BETAAPP
- 5 Mafia member MOBSTER
- 6 “Yes ___!” (informal “For sure!”) INDEEDY
- 9 Words from someone hoping to be friends on Facebook ADDME
- 12 Includes on an email chain CCS
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