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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for March 21, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini 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
