Complete solutions for every Across and Down clue in today's New York Times Mini Crossword.
| 1 | Spanish question word | QUE |
| 4 | National Ice Cream Month and National Hot Dog Month | JULY |
| 5 | Battery life, informally | JUICE |
| 6 | Poker buy-ins | ANTES |
| 7 | Tie up, as a ship | MOOR |
| 1 | Only world capital that starts with "Q" | QUITO |
| 2 | Painful sore | ULCER |
| 3 | Snake ___ (dice roll) | EYES |
| 4 | The daughter of Saturn, sister of Jupiter and mother to Mars, in Roman myth | JUNO |
| 5 | Traffic snarl | JAM |
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