Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, March 8

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I'm helping my high-school class plan our next gathering, and so 8-Across and 11-Across came pretty easily to me. Still, today's NYT Mini Crossword could be tricky. Need some help with today's Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Let's get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

The completed NYT Mini Crossword for March 8, 2025.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: One-for-one trades
Answer: SWAPS

6A clue: Subway stop
Answer: STATION

8A clue: With 11-Across, gathering that's typically attended every five years
Answer: COLLEGE

9A clue: Patchett who wrote "Bel Canto"
Answer: ANN

10A clue: In addition
Answer: TOO

11A clue: See 8-Across
Answer: REUNION

13A clue: Place to testify in court
Answer: STAND

14A clue: The "S" of iOS: Abbr.
Answer: SYS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Mick Jagger's band, familiarly, with "the"
Answer: STONES

2D clue: Crunchy bits in a brownie, maybe
Answer: WALNUTS

3D clue: Georgia's capital, for short
Answer: ATL

4D clue: Dessert containers that inspired the Frisbee
Answer: PIETINS

5D clue: Words repeated before "I got you" in James Brown's "I Got You"
Answer: SOGOOD

6D clue: Evil lion in "The Lion King"
Answer: SCAR

7D clue: Fluorescent shade
Answer: NEON

12D clue: Dissenting vote
Answer: NAY

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