Birthday cake inserts

Latest answer — March 01, 2025

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Across

  1. 1Chocolate/marshmallow sandwich
  2. 6Weighed down (with)
  3. 7Birthday cake inserts
  4. 9First U.S. state alphabetically
  5. 100%
  6. 11Free-for-all fight
  7. 12Puts on the market

Down

  1. 1Winding ski races
  2. 2Herbivore seen off Florida shores
  3. 3Strange person
  4. 4Give another name
  5. 5Bowser and King Boo, in the Mario games
  6. 7Container on the pantry shelf
  7. 8Took a chair

The answer to “Birthday cake inserts” in the New York Times Mini crossword is CANDLES — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 1, 2025 at 7-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Birthday cake inserts” answer

CANDLES (7 letters)

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Why the answer is CANDLES

CANDLES is the 7-letter solution that fits "Birthday cake inserts" in the NYT Mini crossword on March 1, 2025 (7-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does CANDLES mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of CANDLES is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns
  • a unit of luminous intensity, superseded by the candela

When else has “Birthday cake inserts” appeared?

New York Times Mini reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

March 1, 2025 (most recent) → CANDLES. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Birthday cake inserts”?

The answer is CANDLES, a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 1, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Birthday cake inserts”?

7 letters: CANDLES.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 1, 2025, at 7-Across.

Can “Birthday cake inserts” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Mini sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of today's NYT Mini answers?

Every clue and answer from that day's puzzle is linked above, and the full grid is on the NYT Mini answers page.

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