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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Thursday, February 5, 2026

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

Across

  • 1. Battery warning from a smoke detector
    CHIRP
  • 6. Word that can precede "book" or "tour"
    AUDIO
  • 7. Extreme edge
    BRINK
  • 8. Like a wobbly screw
    LOOSE
  • 9. Type in
    ENTER

Down

  • 1. Alternative to streaming
    CABLE
  • 2. One of the Great Lakes
    HURON
  • 3. Dummy
    IDIOT
  • 4. Wash under a tap
    RINSE
  • 5. Game in which Paul Newman successfully cons a crime boss in "The Sting"
    POKER

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: CHIRP · AUDIO · BRINK · LOOSE · ENTER
Down: CABLE · HURON · IDIOT · RINSE · POKER
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