{"id":17364,"date":"2026-01-18T11:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=17364"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:56:09","slug":"todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-jan-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=17364","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Jan. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Looking for\u00a0<strong>the most recent<\/strong>\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/feature\/daily-puzzle-answers\/\" target=\"_self\">Click here for today&#8217;s Mini Crossword hints<\/a>, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">Need some help with today&#8217;s Mini Crossword? I was tripped up by 7-Across and 3-Down, both black-and-white, five-letter animals. I mixed them up, but it was easy to sort out. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/nyt-mini-crossword-tips-and-tricks-for-solving-this-fast-fun-puzzle\/\" target=\"_self\">Mini Crossword tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for today&#8217;s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/feature\/daily-puzzle-answers\/\" target=\"_self\">CNET&#8217;s NYT puzzle hints page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/nyt-mini-crossword-tips-and-tricks-for-solving-this-fast-fun-puzzle\/\" target=\"_self\">Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large c-shortcodeImage-hasCaption\">\n<div class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">\n<div class=\"c-cmsImage c-shortcodeImage_image\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"completed-nyt-mini-crossword-puzzle-for-jan-18-2026.png\" height=\"1218.4782608695652\" width=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p> <!--&gt; --><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-text-xxsmall\">The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Jan. 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-inner-spacing-right-small g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall g-color-text-meta g-text-xxxsmall\">NYT\/Screenshot by CNET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Mini across clues and answers<\/h2>\n<p><!--&gt;-->1A clue: &#8220;I said so, that&#8217;s why!&#8221;<br \/><strong>Answer: CUZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4A clue: Highway division<br \/><strong>Answer: LANE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5A clue: Genre for Olivia Dean and Daniel Caesar<br \/><strong>Answer: RANDB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6A clue: French &#8220;to have&#8221;<br \/><strong>Answer: AVOIR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7A clue: Animal that would blend in well with a crossword grid<br \/><strong>Answer: PANDA<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Mini down clues and answers<\/h2>\n<p>1D clue: Officially accepted storylines<strong><br \/>Answer: CANON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2D clue: Reversed<strong><br \/>Answer: UNDID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3D clue: Animal that would blend in well with a crossword grid<strong><br \/>Answer: ZEBRA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4D clue: Molten flow<strong><br \/>Answer: LAVA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5D clue: Flow over a beat<strong><br \/>Answer: RAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Don&#8217;t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Add%20CNET%22%7D\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\"><em>Add CNET<\/em><\/a><em> as a preferred Google source.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>  (function() {\n    window.zdconsent = window.zdconsent || {run:[],cmd:[],useractioncomplete:[],analytics:[],functional:[],social:[]};\n    window.zdconsent.cmd = window.zdconsent.cmd || [];\n    window.zdconsent.cmd.push(function() {\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n      fbq('set', 'autoConfig', false, '789754228632403');\n      fbq('init', '789754228632403');\n    });\n  })();\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-sunday-jan-18\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for\u00a0the most recent\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today&#8217;s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. 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