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    Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, May 17

    Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.


    Today’s NYT Mini Crossword has a goofy shape, but it’s pretty easy to solve. 6-Down mystified me, but the other answers helped me fill it in. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

    The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

    Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

    Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

    Mini across clues and answers

    1A clue: «Link in ___» (promotional catchphrase on social media)
    Answer: BIO

    4A clue: They’re ground in a coffee grinder
    Answer: BEANS

    6A clue: Bike riders’ headwear
    Answer: HELMETS

    8A clue: Variety of tomato whose name is also a meat
    Answer: BEEFSTEAK

    10A clue: Shoe spec that describes this puzzle?
    Answer: EXTRAWIDE

    11A clue: «Cha-ching, nothin’ to it!»
    Answer: EASYMONEY

    Mini down clues and answers

    1D clue: Church spot where bats hang out
    Answer: BELFRY

    2D clue: The first three words of «Green Eggs and Ham,» straight from the narrator
    Answer: IAMSAM

    3D clue: Boxing punch combo
    Answer: ONETWO

    4D clue: Purple slices in a salad
    Answer: BEETS

    5D clue: Oktoberfest glass
    Answer: STEIN

    6D clue: Prefix with decimal, in coding
    Answer: HEXA

    7D clue: One-named hit singer with 1985’s «Smooth Operator»
    Answer: SADE

    8D clue: Spelling ___
    Answer: BEE

    9D clue: Paper with the answers
    Answer: KEY

    How to play more Mini Crosswords

    The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.

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