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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I sure did. I’ve never heard of the animal in 1-Across before. (But now I looked it up, and awwww, cute!) Read on for the answers. 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 visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue:  Slow ___ (primate with big eyes)
Answer: LORIS

6A clue: Title character who says «I’ve often seen a cat without a grin … but a grin without a cat!»
Answer: ALICE

7A clue: National mammal of the United States
Answer: BISON

8A clue: Something to R.S.V.P. for
Answer: EVENT

9A clue: Word commonly mixed up with «fewer»
Answer: LESS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Where care instructions are often found on a garment
Answer: LABEL

2D clue: Main ingredient in tapenade
Answer: OLIVE

3D clue: Gets up
Answer: RISES

4D clue: Array on a touchscreen
Answer: ICONS

5D clue: Email status
Answer: SENT

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Wordle puzzle has a double letter and a vowel that might not always be guessed. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has one repeated letter.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

There is one vowel and one sometimes vowel in today’s Wordle answer.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with P.

Wordle hint No. 4: Sing out

Today’s Wordle answer is the last name of a singer whose hits include «Free Fallin'» and «I Won’t Back Down.»

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to something that is trivial or of little importance.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is PETTY. RIP, Tom.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, June 15, No. 1457 was QUAIL.

Recent Wordle answers

June 11, No. 1453: PLAID

June 12, No. 1454: BILGE

June 13, No. 1455: VIXEN

June 14, No. 1456: GHOST

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle will hit all the right notes with musicians. If you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. 

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Key notes.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Classical music.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

• MAST, SAME, PENT, PILE, NOPE, POLICE, LICE, TREE, TREED, POPE, PEED, DEEP, TEEN, COST, COSTS.

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

• ETUDE, SUITE, MINUET, SONATA, PRELUDE, NOCTURNE

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is PIANOPIECES. To find it, start with the P that’s three letters to the right on the top row, and wind down.