Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for January 8

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I’m a fan of pop-culture, and I wrote about it two books about lost toys, hobbies and behaviors around the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. So 1 Cross and 5 Around, the pop culture information that came out of that time, was easy for me. I admit, I struggled with 7 Passes. The show’s writers threw a red herring in there, leading us to think that the information referred to college degrees, not the 50, nifty United States. That’s the idea, of course.

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Let’s find the clues and answers for the Mini Crossword.

Mini pass information and answers

1 Clue: The words on the front door of Midvale School for the Gifted, in the popular cartoon “Far Side”
Answer: ONLY

5A props: A classic TV series featuring BA, Faceman, Hannibal and Murdock
Answer: ATEAM

7Eligibility: MA or MS, but not BA or BS
Answer: STATE

8Hint: Like the letter J, in alphabetical order
Answer: TENTH

9 Note: Butt, in Brits
Answer: ASS

Mini floor tips and solutions

Note 1D: Food that you can cook al dente
Answer: PASTA

2D Information: A reality
Answer: UTTER

3D Information: What the Tower of Pisa does
Answer: LEANS

4D Information: Milky Coffee
Answer: LATTE

Note 6D: “I have seen clearly”
Answer: MEH

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