Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for January 2nd

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I thought my first name, although spelled differently, made it into the New York Times Mini crossword puzzle today, but I was wrong. I mean, a four-letter word starting with G that means “wind blast”? I’m GAEL but I thought it should be GALE. I took some wind out of my storms, uh, sails when I realized the answer was a whole other four-letter G word. If you’re stuck on any of the clues today, whether you think it’s your name or not, we’ve got the answers. And if you could use some tips and tricks for day-to-day solving, check out our Mini Crossword Hints.

Mini Crossword is just one of the many games in the Times games collection. If you are looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle tips page.

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Let’s take a look at these mini crossword clues and answers.

Mini clues and answers

1A Clue: Wind Blast
Answer: GUST

5A clue: Newton introducing the three-body problem
Answer: ISAAC

7A clue: Cuban dance style
Answer: RUMBA

Clue 8A: Time to call the midwife
Answer: LABOR

Clue 9A: A country bordering Vietnam
Answer: Laos

Mini clues and answers

1D clue: “___ with the dragon tattoo”
Answer: GIRL

2D Hint: Standard restaurant order with “the”
Answer: USUALLY

3D hint: Afro-Brazilian dance style
Answer: SAMBA

4D clue: Forbidden
Answer: TABOO

6D clue: Ford focus?
Answer: CARS

How to play more mini crosswords

The New York Times Games Section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.