The answer to “George ___, pen name of the Victorian writer Mary Ann Evans” is ELIOT. Here are all the answers to the Monday, May 5, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword.
Across answers
- DIMES — “Thinnest U.S. coins, at around 1/20th of an inch”
- ICANT — “Sorry, already have plans”
- NINJA — “Silent but deadly sort”
- ELIOT — “George ___, pen name of the Victorian writer Mary Ann Evans”
- YAY — “That’s great news!”
Down answers
- STAT — “Batting average, e.g.”
- DINE — “Wine pairing?”
- ICILY — “In a chilly manner”
- MANIA — “Ending with klepto or ego”
- ENJOY — “Waiter’s ‘Hope you like the food!’”
Why the George Eliot clue is ELIOT
Mary Ann Evans wrote under the pen name George Eliot, so the blank after “George” takes her surname. The clue is a direct fill-in rather than wordplay. Eliot’s novels include Middlemarch.
A note on the Down 4 answer
For the clue “Ending with klepto or ego,” the answer is MANIA: the words form “kleptomania” and “egomania.” Forbes’s answer list instead prints MANIAC for this entry, but that does not fit the clue’s wording; H2S Media gives MANIA.
Which puzzle these answers are for
This key is for the NYT Mini Crossword dated Monday, May 5, 2025, not the regular-size daily crossword.
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