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Here is the answer for the crossword clue The ancient Chinese used compressed blocks of tea leaves as this featured in New York Times Mini puzzle on January 14, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MONEY.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MONEY The ancient Chinese used compressed blocks of tea leaves as this (5) New York Times Mini Jan 14, 2026
3% SQUEEZE Compress (7) The Times Sunday Concise Dec 21, 2025
2% INGOT Gold block (5) LA Times Daily Jan 11, 2026
2% BOBA Bubble tea (4) USA Today Jan 10, 2026
2% DIOGENES The Cynic leaves us eating melon (8) The Times Cryptic Jan 9, 2026
2% DAMUP Block the flow of (5) LA Times Mini Jan 9, 2026
2% YENTAS Tea traders? (6) New York Times Jan 8, 2026
2% CHAI Spiced tea (4) Eugene Sheffer Dec 31, 2025
2% CHA Mandarin for "tea" (3) Universal Dec 30, 2025
2% BREWED Prepared, as tea (6) Newsday Dec 29, 2025

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