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Outbyte Driver Updater FREEFix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesFind Drivers →Outbyte PC Repair FREERepair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsFix Now →The May 18, 2025, NYT Mini answer page gives two fills for the repeated clue “Golf shot that’s also a piece of computer hardware”: CHIP and DRIVE. The remaining across and down entries are listed below. Answers are attributed to H2S Media’s dated puzzle page, not independently verified against an official NYT archive.
Across answers
- “Golf shot that’s also a piece of computer hardware” — CHIP
- “Golf shot that’s also a piece of computer hardware” — DRIVE
- “Screenwriter Sorkin” — AARON
- “Nonreactive, chemically” — INERT
- “Bye-bye!” — SEEYA
Down answers
- “Origami bird” — CRANE
- “Person added to the staff” — HIREE
- “Material used to plate the skin of the Parthenon Athena and the statue of Zeus at Olympia” — IVORY
- “Five: Prefix” — PENTA
- “Speaker’s platform” — DAIS
Why the golf-and-hardware clue has two answers
The clue is repeated, but the answers use different senses of its wording. CHIP names both a golf shot and a piece of computer hardware. DRIVE names a golf shot and a computer storage device. The answer page therefore lists two distinct fills rather than asking solvers to choose one.
Source and verification
This answer list and the short explanation are reported by Rajkumar Maurya in H2S Media’s “CHIP vs DRIVE: NYT Mini Crossword Answers – May 18, 2025,” marked last updated May 18, 2025. It is a secondary answer page; an official NYT archive was not independently checked.
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