Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for March 2 – CNET

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Are you watching Sunday’s Academy Awards? Today’s NYT Mini Crossword begins with a clue to a movie that could win big at that ceremony. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? 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 at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Role for Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown”
Answer: DYLAN

6A clue: Makeup for the cheeks
Answer: ROUGE

7A clue: “Well, shucks!”
Answer: AWGEE

8A clue: Serious devotee
Answer: FIEND

9A clue: Appropriate rhyme for “stressed,” for students
Answer: TEST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Unfortunate status for an email you meant to send last week
Answer: DRAFT

2D clue: “Gadzooks, that hurt!”
Answer: YOWIE

3D clue: Winter Olympics sleds
Answer: LUGES

4D clue: Writer’s representative
Answer: AGENT

5D clue: Have to have
Answer: NEED

How to play more Mini Crosswords

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