NYT Mini Crossword Answers June 3, 2025

Across
1 One of three primary ingredients in sponge cake (Answer: EGGS)
🥚 4 letters, starts with E, ends with S
🍰 Essential for sponge texture
🟡 Yolk + white combo
🐔 Laid by hens
🥄 Beaten into batter
🎂 Adds structure when baked
🧁 Binder in many desserts
🥚 Scrambled, boiled, or baked
🍳 Protein-rich kitchen staple
🍮 Custard key component

5 Sponge cake ingredient #2 (Answer: FLOUR)
🌾 5 letters, starts with F, ends with R
🥖 Ground grain
🍰 Baking basic
🧁 Adds body to cake
🥣 Often sifted
🥯 Wheat-based powder
🍞 Found in bread too
🍪 Key dry ingredient
📦 Comes in white or whole
👩‍🍳 Cake framework

7 Lower body exercise with one foot stretched forward and one back (Answer: LUNGE)
🏋️ 5 letters, starts with L, ends with E
🦵 Strengthens thighs
🤸‍♂️ Fitness move
🏃‍♀️ Deep step
💪 Glute toner
🧘‍♀️ Done in reps
🪞 Gym mirror move
📏 Stance matters
🏅 Common in leg day
🧍 Balance test

8 First-stringers (Answer: ATEAM)
🏆 5 letters, starts with A, ends with M
🎖️ Top performers
🏀 Starters, not bench
💼 Elite group
🚁 Mr. T show
🎯 Best of the best
🥇 Always up first
⚔️ Crack unit
💪 Gets the job done
👊 The main squad

9 Towel cloth material (Answer: TERRY)
🧼 5 letters, starts with T, ends with Y
🧺 Loop-textured fabric
🚿 Bath towel stuff
🧖‍♀️ Spa textile
🧵 Absorbent weave
🛁 Soft cotton kind
🧣 Often white
🏖️ Found at the beach
👕 Robe fabric

Down
1 Key just above D (Answer: EFLAT)
🎹 5 letters, starts with E, ends with T
🎼 Black piano key
🎷 Jazz-friendly note
♭ One semitone up
🎺 Trumpet tune
🎻 Common in scores
📝 Not E natural
🎧 Sounds mellow
🎶 Scale variation
🎤 Soulful tone

2 Butt muscle, informally (Answer: GLUTE)
🍑 5 letters, starts with G, ends with E
🏋️ Squat target
🦵 Lower body muscle
🧘‍♀️ Core workout focus
💪 Hip helper
🏃 Runs support it
👖 Fills out jeans
🪑 Muscle under seat
💃 Dance with power

3 One who’s completely toast (Answer: GONER)
💀 5 letters, starts with G, ends with R
😵 Doomed
🚫 Beyond saving
🔚 Out of luck
🪦 Figuratively dead
🔒 No chance left
🔥 In big trouble
🙅 Done for
💥 Total defeat

4 Sponge cake ingredient #3 (Answer: SUGAR)
🍬 5 letters, starts with S, ends with R
🍰 Sweet base
🍯 Crystal sweetener
🧁 Adds flavor
🥄 Dissolves in batter
🌾 Cane or beet
🧪 Raises calorie count
🍫 Paired with chocolate
☕ Also stirs into drinks

6 ___ Martin (brand of cognac) (Answer: REMY)
🍷 4 letters, starts with R, ends with Y
🥃 Cognac label
🇫🇷 French liquor
🧊 Served in snifters
🎩 Luxury brand
🍾 XO bottle
💰 Often pricey
🍇 Grape-based
🎉 Toast-worthy