Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? There are an awful lot of Ws. Read on for all the answers.

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 junkie, is co-author of “Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s and ’80s,” as well as “The Totally Sweet ’90s.” She’s been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She’s Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she’ll be first in line.

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