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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Makes a choice, with "for"
Answer: OPTS

5A clue: Like winters in Buffalo and Boulder
Answer: SNOWY

6A clue: ___ Island (N.Y.C. borough)
Answer: STATEN

7A clue: HBO show that spawned the Idris Elba quote "I want you to put the word out there, that we back up"
Answer: THEWIRE

8A clue: Genre for Cardi B or Jay-Z
Answer: HIPHOP

9A clue: Remove from the top of one's profile, as a post
Answer: UNPIN

10A clue: Consider to be
Answer: DEEM

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Done impulsively
Answer: ONAWHIM

2D clue: Magical concoction
Answer: POTION

3D clue: Little scamp
Answer: TWERP

4D clue: "Auld Lang ___"
Answer: SYNE

5D clue: Vast Eurasian grassland
Answer: STEPPE

6D clue: Follower of "sun" (for weather) or "moon" (for liquor)
Answer: SHINE

7D clue: Land with a ___ (fail)
Answer: THUD