Answers for today's NYT Mini Crossword are just ahead.New York TimesIn case you missed Fridays NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:Wondering what material Frostys pipe is made from? Not sure what a GameCube successor might be? Dont worry, because I'm here to help you with the answers for today's NYT Mini crossword.The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, youll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.MORE FOR YOUTo help you avoid getting stuck and having to reveal missing letters, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, January 4 (spoilers lie ahead, of course):NYT Mini Crossword Clues And AnswersNYT Mini Across Answers1 Across: Baby polar bear CUB4 Across: Arctic ___, big-eared critters in white winter coats HARES6 Across: Material for Frosty's pipe CORNCOB8 Across: "I'm fr-fr-freezing!" BRR9 Across: Poem of high praise ODE10 Across: Frosty, e.g. SNOWMAN12 Across: Pigs' digs STIES13 Across: Someone who might give bro hugs? SISNYT Mini Down Answers1 Down: Noses for many a 10-Across (but not Frosty's!) CARROTS2 Down: Caterer's coffee dispenser URN3 Down: Turns into BECOMES4 Down: Don't confuse them with antlers HORNS5 Down: CRUSH, SPRITE, SQUIRT and STARRY, in a Connections category SODAS6 Down: Network that's aired the Grammy Awards since 1973 CBS7 Down: ___ & Jerry's BEN11 Down: GameCube successor WIICompleted New York Times Mini crossword for Saturday, January 4New York TimesIt took me 1:48 to complete today's NYT Mini.Not a bad time for a Saturday Mini! Ill take that.I initially thought 4 Across was foxes and had never heard of a CORNCOB being used as Frosty the SNOWMANs pipe, so those slowed me down a bit. But getting CARROTS quickly was a big help in unlocking many of the answers.The only reason I was able to get 5 Down so quickly despite only being familiar with one of those as SODAS is because that was a group of words in Connections a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, BRR and the Nintendo WII seem very much like filler answers to make the rest of the grid work but now Ive got a sudden urge to play bowling on Wii Sports.Make sure to follow my blog for more coverage of the NYT Mini and other word games, as well as video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Also, follow me on Bluesky! Its fun there.