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The Wednesday, May 7, 2025 NYT Mini has five Across answers and five Down answers. Spoilers are below.
NYT Mini answers for May 7, 2025
Spoiler warning: The answers appear beside each clue.
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Across
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ovechkin who broke Wayne Gretzky’s N.H.L. goals record | ALEX |
| 5 | Stand-in | PROXY |
| 6 | Industry for marketing professionals, informally | ADBIZ |
| 7 | Poe, Pope or Pound | POET |
| 8 | Org. that really ought to give you a break? | IRS |
Down
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intense passion | ARDOR |
| 2 | Parts of ears and brains | LOBES |
| 3 | Glowing sign in a movie theater | EXIT |
| 4 | End of the alphabet | XYZ |
| 5 | Spanish term of endearment | PAPI |
Clue notes
IRS: a tax-related “break”
The clue turns “give you a break” into a tax pun: the IRS is associated with taxes and tax breaks. This is an interpretation reported in answer-guide coverage, not an official NYT explanation.
ADBIZ: informal industry wording
ADBIZ is the informal term for the marketing-professionals industry used in the clue. The complete clue-and-answer list was published by Parade; Forbes independently lists the Across entries and the first four Down entries.
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