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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, March 28, 2026

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A Saturday 7x7 by Sam Ezersky: OPTS opens the Across clues and ONAWHIM runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

  • 1. Makes a choice, with "for"
    OPTS
  • 5. Like winters in Buffalo and Boulder
    SNOWY
  • 6. ___ Island (N.Y.C. borough)
    STATEN
  • 7. HBO show that spawned the Idris Elba quote "I want you to put the word out there, that we back up"
    THEWIRE
  • 8. Genre for Cardi B or Jay-Z
    HIPHOP
  • 9. Remove from the top of one's profile, as a post
    UNPIN
  • 10. Consider to be
    DEEM

Down

  • 1. Done impulsively
    ONAWHIM
  • 2. Magical concoction
    POTION
  • 3. Little scamp
    TWERP
  • 4. "Auld Lang ___"
    SYNE
  • 5. Vast Eurasian grassland
    STEPPE
  • 6. Follower of "sun" (for weather) or "moon" (for liquor)
    SHINE
  • 7. Land with a ___ (fail)
    THUD

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: OPTS · SNOWY · STATEN · THEWIRE · HIPHOP · UNPIN · DEEM
Down: ONAWHIM · POTION · TWERP · SYNE · STEPPE · SHINE · THUD
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