Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Monday, May 26

In case you missed Saturnday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:

ForbesToday’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Sunday, May 25By Paul Tassi

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you’ll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.

The NYT Mini is a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I try to beat the standard weekday grid in less than a minute. But sometimes I can’t quite figure out one or two clues and need to reveal the answer.

To help you avoid doing that, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers (spoilers lie ahead, of course):

NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers

ACROSS

1) Endangers – RISKS
6) “Bloomin’” item at Outback Steakhouse – ONION
7) Up the ___ (plentifully) -WAZOO
8) Lived (in) – DWELT
9) “You wanted to see me because …?” – YES

DOWN

1) Rambunctious -ROWDY
2) Totally blown away – INAWE
3) S, M and L – SIZES
4) ___-Aid Man, mascot known for smashing through walls and yelling “Oh, yeah!” – KOOL
5) Pesky little twerp – SNOT

What a weird, pretty hard puzzle today. You have the freest of freebies in the form of the Kool-Aid clue (that could have been solved after three words) and then you have works like WAZOO and the past tense of dwell that I’m sure everyone uses at least once a year. I also hate the “phrase” ones where you’re just inserting a word into a type of line like “You wanted to see me because…?” I mean I guess you what, say yes before that? Just very strange. But yeah I had a hard time with this one.

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