NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, January 31, 2026

8x7 grid · Show any single answer, or the full grid at the bottom

A Saturday 8x7 by Sam Ezersky: CPR opens the Across clues and CAREERS runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Lifeguard's skill, for short
CPR
4. Health measure calculated using height and weight: Abbr.
BMI
7. "I've cracked the code!"
AHA
8. Long, long time
EON
9. Like a desert's climate
ARID
10. "We're still figuring it out" inits.
TBD
11. Holder of meats and cheeses at a supermarket
DELICASE
13. Needing careful handling
DELICATE
14. X-ray alternative
MRI
15. Zipped along
SPED
16. Suffix with legal
ESE
17. Ask nosy questions
PRY

Down

1. Header on a company's website, perhaps
CAREERS
2. Opponent of a Met or Marlin, in the N.L. East
PHILLIE
3. Halves of diameters
RADII
4. Tech release that's not the finished product
BETAAPP
5. Mafia member
MOBSTER
6. "Yes ___!" (informal "For sure!")
INDEEDY
9. Words from someone hoping to be friends on Facebook
ADDME
12. Includes on an email chain
CCS

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: CPR · BMI · AHA · EON · ARID · TBD · DELICASE · DELICATE · MRI · SPED · ESE · PRY
Down: CAREERS · PHILLIE · RADII · BETAAPP · MOBSTER · INDEEDY · ADDME · CCS

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