NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Sunday, March 9

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!
A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing solve attempt.
Just like our Wordle hints and Connections hints, we’re here to help with The Mini today if you’re stuck and need a little help.
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Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today.
NYT Mini Crossword answers today
Across
- All over the ___ – MAP
- Exasperated words before trailing off into a facepalm – IJUSTG
- Kendrick who won five Grammys for 2024’s “Not Like Us” – LAMAR
- Rapper in a beef with 7-Across – DRAKE
- “The birds and the bees” –
Down
- Not spicy, as salsa – MILD
- Slightly open, as a door – AJAR
- Mountain lions – PUMAS
- Alcohol whose varieties include junmai (“pure rice”) and nigori (“cloudy”) – SAKE
- Dino with short arms – TREX