NYT Mini Crossword Answers for May 17-19, 2025

The NYT Mini Crossword is a quick, free puzzle available on the New York Times website and app.

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The Boxing Day clue ('One for whom every day is Boxing Day?') for May 19th's puzzle was particularly tricky, with the answer being MOVERS.

May 18th's puzzle featured golf and computer-related clues, such as CHIP and DRIVE.

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Across: NBC (Network satirized on '30 Rock'), POLO (Sport played on horseback), MOVERS (One for whom every day is Boxing Day?), GREEN (Like correct letters in Wordle), MELD (Blend together).

Down: NOVEL ('Invisible Man' or 'Little Women'), BLEED (Run in the wash), CORN (What bourbon whiskey is primarily made from), PORE (Tiny hole in the skin), MGM (Longtime movie studio acquired by Amazon in 2022).

Across: CHIP (Golf shot that's also a piece of computer hardware), DRIVE (Golf shot that's also a piece of computer hardware), AARON (Screenwriter Sorkin), INERT (Nonreactive, chemically), SEEYA ('Bye-bye!').

Down: CRANE (Origami bird), HIREE (Person added to the staff), IVORY (Material used to plate the skin of the Parthenon Athena and the statue of Zeus at Olympia), PENTA (Five: Prefix), DAIS (Speaker's platform).

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