Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for January 18th

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Let’s get to the clues and answers to these mini crosswords.

Mini clues and answers

1 Clue: « I said so, that’s why! »
Answer: CUZ

Clue 4A: Highway Split
Answer: LANE

Clue 5A: Genre for Olivia Dean and Daniel Caesar
Answer: RANDB

Clue 6A: French « to have »
Answer: YOU HAVE

Clue 7A: An animal that would go well with a crossword puzzle
Answer: PANDA

Mini clues and answers

1D Track: Officially accepted storylines
Answer: CANON

2D Clue: Inverted
Answer: UNDID

3D hint: An animal that would go well with a crossword puzzle
Answer: ZEBRA

4D trace: Molten flow
Answer: LAVA

5D clue: Flow over beat
Answer: RAP

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