Here are the clues and answers reported for the Saturday, May 17, 2025 NYT Mini Crossword. The year matters: May 17, 2026 was a different puzzle. The list below is transcribed from Paul Tassi’s May 16, 2025 Forbes article; it has not been independently confirmed against the New York Times archive.
Across clues and answers
- 1A: “Link in ___” (promotional catchphrase on social media) — BIO
- 4A: They’re ground in a coffee grinder — BEANS
- 6A: Bike riders’ headwear — HELMETS
- 8A: Variety of tomato whose name is also a meat — BEEFSTEAK
- 10A: Shoe spec that describes this puzzle? — EXTRAWIDE
- 11A: “Cha-ching, nothin’ to it!” — EASYMONEY
Down clues and answers
- 1D: Church spot where bats hang out — BELFRY
- 2D: The first three words of “Green Eggs and Ham,” straight from the narrator — IAMSAM
- 3D: Boxing punch combo — ONETWO
- 4D: Purple slices in a salad — BEETS
- 5D: Oktoberfest glass — STEIN
- 6D: Prefix with decimal, in coding — HEXA
- 7D: One-named hit singer with 1985’s “Smooth Operator” — SADE
- 8D: Spelling ___ — BEE
- 9D: Paper with the answers — KEY
Where to play the Mini
In his 2025 article, Forbes Senior Contributor Paul Tassi described the NYT Mini as free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app, while saying archived puzzles require a subscription. Those are the access terms he reported at the time, not a confirmation of current policy.
Source note
The clue-and-answer list above comes from Paul Tassi’s Forbes article published May 16, 2025. The answers are a secondary-source transcription rather than an independently verified NYT solution.
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