Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for March 21

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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s an extra-long one, as it always is on Saturday, but the clues are pretty straightforward. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it!
Answer: KEEP

5A clue: First name of poet Poe
Answer: EDGAR

7A clue: Let ___ be ___
Answer: BYGONES

9A clue: Gorilla or chimpanzee
Answer: APE

10A clue: Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr.
Answer: GMT

11A clue: Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy
Answer: DAD

12A clue: ___ G BIV (color mnemonic)
Answer: ROY

13A clue: Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it!
Answer: DONATE

15A clue: “If you don’t like it, that’s your problem!”
Answer: SUEME

16A clue: Spring Cleaning Box 3: It’s worthless!
Answer: TOSS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered
Answer: KEYPADS

2D clue: Just barely defeated
Answer: EDGEDOUT

3D clue: A narcissist has a big one
Answer: EGO

4D clue: High-scoring words in Spelling Bee
Answer: PANGRAMS

6D clue: Channel changers
Answer: REMOTES

7D clue: ___ Bunny, musician known as the “King of Latin Trap”
Answer: BAD

8D clue: Painful eye malady
Answer: STYE

14D clue: Prefix for a modern genre
Answer: NEO