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Here are the clues and answers for the Thursday, May 22, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword. If you want to solve it yourself first, stop before the spoiler warning.
Thursday, May 22, 2025: spoiler warning
The answer key below reveals the full puzzle.
Across answers
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part of a fleet | SHIP |
| 5 | Answer to Gollum’s riddle in “The Hobbit,” which starts “This thing all things devours — birds, beasts, trees, flowers” | TIME |
| 6 | “See ya!” | LATER |
| 7 | Second-most popular girl’s name of the 2020s, after Olivia | EMMA |
| 8 | Not keeping secrets | OPEN |
Down answers
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sticker on an envelope | STAMP |
| 2 | “I’d like another card,” in blackjack | HITME |
| 3 | “Uhh, that is to say …” | IMEAN |
| 4 | The “p” of m.p.h. | PER |
| 6 | Name taken by the new pope | LEO |
Clue context
TIME is the answer to the clue quoting the start of Gollum’s riddle in “The Hobbit.” The clue for EMMA phrases a ranking as part of the puzzle; that wording is reproduced as a clue, not presented here as an independently verified name-statistics claim. LEO completes the clue about the name taken by the new pope.
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