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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, March 21

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for March 21.

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Completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for March 21, 2026.

The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for March 21, 2026.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it!
Answer: KEEP

5A clue: First name of poet Poe
Answer: EDGAR

7A clue: Let ___ be ___
Answer: BYGONES

9A clue: Gorilla or chimpanzee
Answer: APE

10A clue: Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr.
Answer: GMT

11A clue: Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy
Answer: DAD

12A clue: ___ G BIV (color mnemonic)
Answer: ROY

13A clue: Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it!
Answer: DONATE

15A clue: "If you don't like it, that's your problem!"
Answer: SUEME

16A clue: Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!
Answer: TOSS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered
Answer: KEYPADS

2D clue: Just barely defeated
Answer: EDGEDOUT

3D clue: A narcissist has a big one
Answer: EGO

4D clue: High-scoring words in Spelling Bee
Answer: PANGRAMS

6D clue: Channel changers
Answer: REMOTES

7D clue: ___ Bunny, musician known as the "King of Latin Trap"
Answer: BAD

8D clue: Painful eye malady
Answer: STYE

14D clue: Prefix for a modern genre
Answer: NEO