Mini Crossword Hint Today: Answer for Oct. 15

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Hope you know your 2010s songs, and your Gen Z slang! Read on if you need help solving the puzzle today.

The Mini Crossword is a nice break from the tougher puzzles, and it takes only a fraction of the time of the vaunted, regular New York Times Crossword puzzle.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Hairs that are signs of aging
Answer: GRAYS

 6A clue: Lover boy in the House of Montague
Answer: ROMEO

7A clue: U.F.O. pilot
Answer: ALIEN

8A clue: Full of sharp flavor
Answer: ZESTY

9A clue: “___ and Oh’s” (2010s pop hit)
Answer: EXES

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Munch on grass
Answer: GRAZE

2D clue: Fancy watch brand
Answer: ROLEX

3D clue: “Something’s ___” (“This doesn’t seem right”)
Answer: AMISS

4D clue: Throw hard, in Gen Z slang
Answer: YEET

5D clue: PlayStation maker
Answer: SONY

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.

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