Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Saturday, May 17
Mini Crossword
In case you missed Friday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:
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):
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NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers
ACROSS
1) “Link in ___” (promotional catchphrase on social media) – BIO
4) They’re ground in a coffee grinder – BEANS
6) Bike riders’ headwear – HELMETS
8) Variety of tomato whose name is also a meat – BEEFSTEAK
10) Shoe spec that describes this puzzle? – EXTRAWIDE
11) “Cha-ching, nothin’ to it!” – EASYMONEY
DOWN
1) Church spot where bats hang out – BELFRY
2) The first three words of “Green Eggs and Ham,” straight from the narrator – IAMSAM
3) Boxing punch combo – ONETWO
4) Purple slices in a salad – BEETS
5) Oktoberfest glass – STEIN
6) Prefix with decimal, in coding – HEXA
7) One-named hit singer with 1985’s “Smooth Operator” – SADE
8) Spelling ___ – BEE
9) Paper with the answers – KEY
Yes, that is indeed and EXTRA WIDE puzzle, including some answers that are a full nine characters long, which is not very mini at all, NYT. What’s next? An entire, giant crossword puzzle to solve every day? I don’t have time for that!
Well, I learned about BEEFSTEAK tornados today, which I did not realize was a thing. Reading to my child helped me with IAMSAM. All my time spent hanging out with Twitter bots got me LINK IN BIO. What about you?
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