Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Feb. 27

Looking for most recent Answer to mini crosswords? Click here for today’s mini crossword clues, plus our daily answers and hints for Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles from the New York Times.
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Let’s move on to these mini crossword clues and answers.
The NYT mini crossword puzzle completed for February 27, 2026.
Mini through clues and answers
1 Hint: Lack of Locks
Answer: BALD
5A clue: One of the Great Lakes
Answer: ERIE
6A clue: Film with the fake newspaper headline “Wonder Elephant Soars to Fame!”
Answer: DUMBO
8Hint: live tweet?
Answer: BIRD
9A clue: the smallest detail
Answer: ATAD
Mini-clues and answers
Clue 1D: Hard thing to leave on a cold day
Answer: LIT
Clue 2D: Caribbean island northwest of Curaçao
Solution: ARUBA
3D Clue: The sky, according to a saying
Solution: LIMITED
Clue 4D: actress Messing
Answer: DEBRA
Clue 7D: Like this clue number
Answer: ODD


