Answers to today’s New York Times simple crossword January 8

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I’m a pop culture junkie and co-writer Two books around Missing games, tastes and trends In the seventies, eighties and nineties. So 1 Across and 5 Across, the popular culture guides going back to those times were easy for me. I admit though that I struggled with 7 Across. The mystery authors threw a red herring in there, making us believe the clue points to college degrees, not the nifty US 50. This is a hint, of course.

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Mini cross clues and answers

1Clue: A word on the front door of the Meadville School for the Gifted, in the popular cartoon “The Far Side”
Answer: withdrawal

5A Guide: Classic TV ensemble featuring BA, Faceman, Hannibal and Murdock
Answer: Atem

Evidence 7A: MA or MS, but not BA or BS
The answer: the state

8A Directory: Same as the letter J, alphabetically
Answer: Tenth

9 Evidence: Butt, for the British
The answer: donkey

Mini down clues and answers

Idea 1D: Food that you might cook well
The answer: pasta

2D Idea: Honestly
The answer: absolutely

3D Guide: What the Tower of Pisa does
Answer: inclined

4D idea: Order a latte
The answer: latte

6D Guide: “I’ve seen better”
Answer: Maha

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