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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, January 25, 2026

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A Sunday 5x5 by Christina Iverson: OJS opens the Across clues and OPTIN runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Some breakfast drinks, for short
OJS
4. Ready for business
OPEN
5. Information gathered by a spy
INTEL
6. Highest-scoring Scrabble word with four tiles (22)
QUIZ
7. Nine-digit ID
SSN

Down

1. Agree to receive promotional emails, say
OPTIN
2. Second-highest-scoring Scrabble word with four tiles (20)
JEEZ
3. Sketch comedy show since ’75
SNL
4. Burden
ONUS
5. Geniuses have high ones
IQS

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: OJS · OPEN · INTEL · QUIZ · SSN
Down: OPTIN · JEEZ · SNL · ONUS · IQS

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