If you need assistance with the current Mini Crossword, notice the many Ws throughout. Continue below to see every answer.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Stimulate, as the appetite
Answer: WHET

5A clue: “___ did the time go?”
Answer: WHERE

6A clue: “Hmm, strange …”
Answer: WEIRD

7A clue: Walked through water
Answer: WADED

8A clue: Neat and orderly
Answer: TIDY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Crop on the South Dakota state quarter
Answer: WHEAT

2D clue: “Saturday Night Live” alum Gardner
Answer: HEIDI

3D clue: Made a mistake
Answer: ERRED

4D clue: Child’s bear
Answer: TEDDY

5D clue: Repeated letters in a U.R.L. address
Answer: WWW

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture enthusiast, co-wrote "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," along with "The Totally Sweet '90s." She has worked as a journalist since 1989 at outlets including Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. As a Gen X representative in both age and style, she would be first in line if Marathon candy bars returned.