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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Sept. 24, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Pond gunk
Answer: SCUM
5A clue: With 8-Across, like an unlimited buffet
Answer: ALLYOU
8A clue: See 5-Across
Answer: CANEAT
9A clue: Opponent of Athens in the Peloponnesian War
Answer: SPARTA
10A clue: “Keep it down!”
Answer: SHH
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Outs that advance the runner, in baseball lingo
Answer: SACS
2D clue: Put your hands together
Answer: CLAP
3D clue: Bone on the same side of the arm as the pinky
Answer: ULNA
4D clue: Mike who voiced Shrek
Answer: MYERS
6D clue: Hippocratic ___ (doctor’s pledge)
Answer: OATH
7D clue: State with license plates that read “Greatest Snow on Earth”
Answer: UTAH
