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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Feb. 7, 2026.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Lock lips
Answer: KISS
5A clue: Italian author of “Inferno,” “Purgatorio” and “Paradiso”
Answer: DANTE
6A clue: Cerebral ___ (part of the brain)
Answer: CORTEX
7A clue: Leave home with a stuffed pillowcase as luggage, perhaps
Answer: RUNAWAY
8A clue: No more for me, thanks”
Answer: IMGOOD
9A clue: Fancy fabrics
Answer: SILKS
10A clue: Leg joint
Answer: KNEE
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Bars sung in a bar
Answer: KARAOKE
2D clue: How the animals boarded Noah’s Ark
Answer: INTWOS
3D clue: Stand in good ___
Answer: STEAD
4D clue: Smokin’ hot
Answer: SEXY
5D clue: Computer attachment
Answer: DONGLE
6D clue: Yotam Ottolenghi called it “the one spice I could never give up”
Answer: CUMIN
7D clue: Hazard
Answer: RISK
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