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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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A Tuesday 5x5 by Joel Fagliano: WOW opens the Across clues and WEIRD runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. "That's incredible!"
WOW
4. Makes a mistake
ERRS
6. "Piece of cake" or "spill the beans"
IDIOM
8. Cool in a throwback kind of way
RETRO
9. See 1-Down
DREAM

Down

1. With 9-Across, something you might wake up from and go "Huh?!"
WEIRD
2. What's spoken into a fast-food intercom
ORDER
3. Pen
WRITE
5. OpenAI product that creates video clips based on prompts
SORA
7. 1-Across, flipped upside down
MOM

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: WOW · ERRS · IDIOM · RETRO · DREAM
Down: WEIRD · ORDER · WRITE · SORA · MOM

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