Today’s NEW Mini Crossword clue and answer for Monday, January 20

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ForbesToday’s NEW Mini Crossword clues and answers for Sunday, January 19By Eric Cain

It’s Monday and Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day rolled into one. Good grief! I’m a little overwhelmed, so let’s just skip the intro and get straight to today’s NEW Mini Crossword!

NYT Mini is a smaller, faster, more digestible, bite-sized version of the larger and more challenging NYT Crossword, and unlike its bigger sibling, it’s free to play without a subscription to The New York Times. You can play it on the web or in the app, although you have to use the app to handle the archive.

Answer today’s Mini Crossword below. . . .

Spoilers ahead!

OVER

1- Button whose icon is a triangle over a rectangle — EJECT

6- Only primate species that can have blue eyes, except humans – LEMUR

7- “Of course,” in Spanish – CLARO

8- Star-studded group — ALIST

9- Classic fixture outside a barbershop — POLE

DOWN

1- Famous Yosemite landmark, well known – ELCAP

2- That which moves after it is set – JELLO

3- You can end with “Best,” – EMAIL

4- “$%@!,” e.g. — CURSE

5- Jogging gait — TROT

This was actually a pretty difficult Mini Crossword, but the reason my time is so bad is pizza. I’m trying to eat pizza, which is messy, and complete the crossword puzzle on my PC without making a terrible mess. Not a good idea! I’m not good at multitasking.

Some of the words were also harsh. 1-DOWN I had no idea. I still have never been to Yosemite. I also didn’t know that LEMURs can have blue eyes and that other primates can’t. Strange! I was trying to think of a star-studded group, not the term for a star-studded group. It was only thanks to knowing 1-ACROSS (thanks VCR childhood!) and 5-Down and guessing a few others that I was able to fill in all the blanks…in 2:25.

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If you also play Wordle, I write guides about it too. You can find them and all my TV guides, reviews and more here on my blog. Thanks for reading along!