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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, June 8, 2026

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A Monday 5x5 by Christina Iverson: DREAM opens the Across clues and DRAWS runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. What someone may attempt to explain in a long, drawn-out description
DREAM
6. Back in style
RETRO
7. Remnants in a recently used fire pit
ASHES
8. Sheds tears
WEEPS
9. Animal in need of adoption
STRAY

Down

1. Takes a card from the deck
DRAWS
2. The Great Meme ___, movement to purge social media of "brain rot"
RESET
3. Thin air, so to speak
ETHER
4. Colombian food cart dish
AREPA
5. Green and fuzzy, as a rock
MOSSY

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: DREAM · RETRO · ASHES · WEEPS · STRAY
Down: DRAWS · RESET · ETHER · AREPA · MOSSY

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