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Need help with the Sunday, May 25, 2025 NYT Mini? Start with the letter hints below, then open the clearly marked answer key only if you want the full solutions.
Hints for the May 25, 2025 Mini
These clues preserve the puzzle’s numbering. Each hint gives a starting or ending letter without revealing the complete fill.
Across
- 1 Across: Good for a bike route, bad for a bike tire — ends with “T.”
- 5 Across: Rolling in it — starts with “R.”
- 6 Across: Internet company with a purple logo — starts with “Y.”
- 8 Across: McIlroy who won the 2025 Masters — ends with “Y.”
- 9 Across: Mumford & ____ (rock band) — ends with “S.”
Down
- 1 Down: Food item dipped in ketchup — ends with “Y.”
- 2 Down: Apt rhyme of “falsifiers” — starts with “L.”
- 3 Down: Sneezing sound — starts with “A.”
- 4 Down: Plant’s defense against herbivores, perhaps — ends with “N.”
- 7 Down: Yiddish exclamation of woe — ends with “S.”
Full answer key
Spoilers: The answers are listed below.
Across
- 1 Across: FLAT
- 5 Across: RICH
- 6 Across: YAHOO
- 8 Across: RORY
- 9 Across: SONS
Down
- 1 Down: FRY
- 2 Down: LIARS
- 3 Down: ACHOO
- 4 Down: THORN
- 7 Down: OYS
About this dated puzzle
This answer key is for The Mini published on Sunday, May 25, 2025, not a current-day puzzle. Parade’s date-specific guide and a second dated answer page give the same fills: Parade’s May 25 guide and Try Hard Guides’ Mini answers. These are secondary answer guides rather than an official New York Times archive.
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