NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The answers for the Wednesday, May 7, 2025, NYT Mini Crossword are below. The date refers to 2025: May 7, 2026, falls on a Thursday. Solutions are attributed to the date-specific answer report by Global Desk.

Across answers

1. 1A — ALEX: Ovechkin who broke Wayne Gretzky’s N.H.L. goals record.
2. 5A — PROXY: Stand-in.
3. 6A — ADBIZ: Industry for marketing professionals, informally.
4. 7A — POET: Poe, Pope or Pound.
5. 8A — IRS: Org. that really ought to give you a break?

Down answers

1. 1D — ARDOR: Intense passion.
2. 2D — LOBES: Parts of ears and brains.
3. 3D — EXIT: Glowing sign in a movie theater.
4. 4D — XYZ: End of the alphabet.
5. 5D — PAPI: Spanish term of endearment.

Clue notes

What does ADBIZ mean?

ADBIZ is informal shorthand for the advertising business, fitting the clue about the industry where marketing professionals work.

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Why is IRS the answer to “give you a break”?

The clue uses tax-break wordplay: the IRS is the U.S. agency associated with federal tax administration, and a tax break is a deduction or other tax benefit.

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