Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for March 9

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The NYT Mini Crossword puzzle completed for March 9, 2026.
Mini through clues and answers
1Hint: Speak ___ (joking boastfully)
Solution: SMACK
6Hint: What has legs but never walks?
Answer: TABLE
7A Hint: French for “love”
Answer: LOVE
8Hint: What has a mouth but never speaks?
Answer: RIVER
9 Hint: Dilapidated Look
Solution: SEED
Mini-clues and answers
1D Clue: Pieces of the Milky Way
Answer: STARS
Clue 2D: ___ Eisenhower, first lady of the 1950s
Answer: GRANDMA
3D Index: Overhead
Answer: ABOVE
4D Clue: Given a Crossword Clue
Solution: CLUE
Clue 5D: actress Washington from “Scandal”
Solution: KERRY



