These are the clues and answers for the Monday, July 21, 2025, edition of the NYT Mini Crossword. The Across answers are SASH, SHAKA, TAROT, ADORE and RENT; the Down answers are SHADE, AARON, SKORT, HATE and STAR. The full key is below, with spoilers clearly marked.
Across clues and answers
- 1A. “Ceremonial band” — SASH
- 5A. “First official state hand gesture, following a 2024 Hawaiian bill” — SHAKA
- 6A. “Deck with the Major and Minor Arcana” — TAROT
- 7A. “Just love” — ADORE
- 8A. “Boardwalk has the highest one on a Monopoly board” — RENT
Down clues and answers
- 1D. “Cool place to be on a sunny day” — SHADE
- 2D. “Name that might come first during an alphabetical roll call” — AARON
- 3D. “Hybrid athletic garment” — SKORT
- 4D. “Just loathe” — HATE
- 5D. “One whose name is in lights” — STAR
About this edition
This answer key is for Monday, July 21, 2025. The year matters: July 21 falls on a different weekday in other years, so a date-only search can lead to a different Mini. Forbes and Parade identify their matching answer guides as the 2025 Monday edition, and Sunburst Tech News reports the same solutions. Forbes’ answer guide, Parade’s answer guide and Sunburst Tech News’ answer guide agree on the clue-answer set.
The SHAKA clue refers to a 2024 Hawaiian bill. The cited answer guides do not establish the bill’s text, enactment details or legal status, so the clue is reproduced here without adding a claim about what the bill did.
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