{"id":329711,"date":"2026-03-05T05:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329711\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T05:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:29:19","slug":"todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-march-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329711\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for March 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for\u00a0the most recent\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today’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

Today’s Mini Crossword was a bit tricky. I was thrown off by 1-Down, as it turns out there are multiple slow-moving creatures whose names would fit in a five-letter space. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit\u00a0CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.<\/p>\n

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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for March 5, 2026.<\/p>\n

NYT\/Screenshot by CNETMini across clues and answers<\/p>\n

1A clue: Poli ___ (college major)
Answer: SCI<\/p>\n

4A clue: Person with a superior attitude
Answer: SNOB<\/p>\n

5A clue: Word whose letters are appropriately found from left to right in \u2026 CHARISMA
Answer: CHARM<\/p>\n

6A clue: \u2026 PRECIPITATION
Answer: RAIN<\/p>\n

7A clue: \u2026 UNSIGHTLY
Answer: UGLY<\/p>\n

Mini down clues and answers<\/p>\n

1D clue: Slow-moving creature
Answer: SNAIL<\/p>\n

2D clue: Like a groan-inducing joke
Answer: CORNY<\/p>\n

3D clue: Co. that created the first floppy disk
Answer: IBM<\/p>\n

4D clue: Furry variety of carpet
Answer: SHAG<\/p>\n

5D clue: World Class Wreckin’ ___, music group in which Dr. Dre got his start
Answer: CRU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for\u00a0the most recent\u00a0Mini Crossword answer?\u00a0Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-329711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}