Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It helps to know a little bit about a certain music genre. Read on for all the answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Half of a clothing pair
Answer: SOCK

5A clue: Early 2000s hip-hop subgenre for songs like “Get Low” and “Yeah!”
Answer: CRUNK

7A clue: Concur
Answer: AGREE

8A clue: Baltimore N.F.L. player
Answer: RAVEN

9A clue: Tree house, of a sort
Answer: NEST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Harry Potter’s defining mark
Answer: SCAR

2D clue: Lungs or liver
Answer: ORGAN

3D clue: Dangerous stretch of a mountain road
Answer: CURVE

4D clue: Body parts touched after the shoulders, in song
Answer: KNEES

6D clue: Clark ___ a.k.a. Superman
Answer: KENT

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