Looking forthe most recentMini Crossword answer?Click here for today'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.If you know your skirt lengths, you'll do OK on the NYT Mini Crosswordtoday. Helps to know a French painter, an NBA team and a famous Christmas movie too. Need some more help with today's Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times' games collection. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visitCNET's NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini CrosswordLet's get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers. The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Feb. 5, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini across clues and answers1A clue: Facebook's parent companyAnswer: META5A clue: Full-length skirts ... and a morning hour read backwardAnswer: MAXIS6A clue: Written with penAnswer: ININK7A clue: N.B.A. team that nearly renamed itself the Swamp Dragons in the 1990sAnswer: NETS8A clue: "___ a Wonderful Life"Answer: ITSMini down clues and answers1D clue: French modernist painter and a morning hour read backwardAnswer: MANET2D clue: What lighted signs mark in theatersAnswer: EXITS3D clue: Altoids containersAnswer: TINS4D clue: Pose a questionAnswer: ASK5D clue: Short skirtAnswer: MINIHow to play more Mini CrosswordsThe New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day's Mini Crossword for free, but you'll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.