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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, February 27, 2026

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

Across

  • 1. Lacking locks
    BALD
  • 5. One of the Great Lakes
    ERIE
  • 6. Movie with the fake newspaper headline "Wonder Elephant Soars to Fame!"
    DUMBO
  • 8. Live tweeter?
    BIRD
  • 9. The slightest bit
    ATAD

Down

  • 1. Hard thing to leave on a cold day
    BED
  • 2. Caribbean island northwest of Curaçao
    ARUBA
  • 3. The sky, in a saying
    LIMIT
  • 4. Actress Messing
    DEBRA
  • 7. Like this clue number
    ODD

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: BALD · ERIE · DUMBO · BIRD · ATAD
Down: BED · ARUBA · LIMIT · DEBRA · ODD
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