Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Nov. 5

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Mini through clues and answers

1 Hint: A fresh addition to a pasta sauce, perhaps
Solution: BASIL

6A clue: Journal ___ (walk in a water park)
Solution: FLUME

7 A Clue: Group of Ships
Solution: FLEET

8A clue: Some drinks from the “streams”
Solution: SODAS

9A clue: documentary filmmaker Burns
Answer: KEN

Mini-clues and answers

Clue 1D: Closest Friends, for short
Answer: BFFS

Clue 2D: “No problems here!” »
Answer: ALLOK

3D Clue: Shoe material in an Elvis hit
Solution: SWEDEN

Clue 4D: “That is to say…”
Solution: IMEAN

5D Index: tennis overhaul
Answer: LETS