Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sept. 24 – CNET

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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Hint: There are a lot of S words in it today. I couldn’t figure out what the editors wanted for 5-Across and 8-Across, so I solved the other clues and those answers filled in. Need some answers? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Pond gunk
Answer: SCUM

5A clue: With 8-Across, like an unlimited buffet
Answer: ALLYOU

8A clue: See 5-Across
Answer: CANEAT

9A clue: Opponent of Athens in the Peloponnesian War
Answer: SPARTA

10A clue: “Keep it down!”
Answer: SHH

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Outs that advance the runner, in baseball lingo
Answer: SACS

2D clue: Put your hands together
Answer: CLAP

3D clue: Bone on the same side of the arm as the pinky
Answer: ULNA

4D clue: Mike who voiced Shrek
Answer: MYERS

6D clue: Hippocratic ___ (doctor’s pledge)
Answer: OATH

7D clue: State with license plates that read “Greatest Snow on Earth”
Answer: UTAH