Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!

Latest answer — March 21, 2026

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Across

  1. 1Spring Cleaning Box 1: I still love it!
  2. 5First name of poet Poe
  3. 7Let ___ be ___
  4. 9Gorilla or chimpanzee
  5. 10Clock setting in the U.K.: Abbr.
  6. 11Eugene Levy, to Dan Levy
  7. 12___ G BIV (color mnemonic)
  8. 13Spring Cleaning Box 2: Someone else will love it!
  9. 15"If you don't like it, that's your problem!"
  10. 16Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!

Down

  1. 1Panels of buttons on which passcodes are entered
  2. 2Just barely defeated
  3. 3A narcissist has a big one
  4. 4High-scoring words in Spelling Bee
  5. 6Channel changers
  6. 7___ Bunny, musician known as the "King of Latin Trap"
  7. 8Painful eye malady
  8. 14Prefix for a modern genre

The answer to “Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!” in the New York Times Mini crossword is TOSS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 21, 2026 at 16-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.

“Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!” answer

TOSS (4 letters)

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Why the answer is TOSS

TOSS is the 4-letter solution that fits "Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!" in the NYT Mini crossword on March 21, 2026 (16-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TOSS mean?

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

(verb)

  • throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually
  • move or cause to move from side to side or back and forth
  • search (a place)

When else has “Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!” 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 21, 2026 (most recent) → TOSS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!”?

The answer is TOSS, a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 21, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!”?

4 letters: TOSS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Mini crossword on March 21, 2026, at 16-Across.

Can “Spring Cleaning Box 3: It's worthless!” 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?

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