Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Sunday, May 18
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) Golf shot that’s also a piece of computer hardware – CHIP
5) Golf shot that’s also a piece of computer hardware – DRIVE
6) Screenwriter Sorkin – AARON
7) Nonreactive, chemically – INERT
8) “Bye-bye!” – SEEYA
DOWN
1) Origami bird – CRANE
2) Person added to the staff – HIREE
3) Material used to plate the skin of the Parthenon Athena and the statue of Zeus at Olympia – IVORY
4) Five: Prefix – PENTA
5) Speaker’s platform – DAIS
Mini
A few words here were pretty tough, but they were offset by the ones that were really easy, so this ended up being something of a speed run puzzle in the end. The computer golf question was easy if you know like, any golf shots, and there sure isn’t a “putt” in a computer. I’ve known Aaron Sorkin for years and I took enough chemistry to know inert. However, I though hiree was just going to be hired, so that messed some things up. I got there in the end however.
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