NYT Mini Crossword Answers June 4, 2025

Across
1 Nickname that drops “-uel” (Answer: SAM)
👦 3 letters, starts with S, ends with M
📛 Short for a biblical name
👨‍🦱 Common in cowboy movies
👔 Mr. Jackson or Smith
🇺🇸 Uncle ___
📖 “Green Eggs and ___”
🕵️ Detective Spade’s first name
📽️ “I Am ___”
🧢 Classic everyman name

4 Paleontologist’s discovery (Answer: BONE)
🦴 4 letters, starts with B, ends with E
🕵️ Found in digs
🦖 Dinosaur remnant
🧬 Structure with marrow
🐾 Fossilized fragment
💀 Skull part
🛠️ May be reconstructed
🪦 Clue to the past
🔍 Jurassic jackpot

5 Like San Francisco during the summer (Answer: FOGGY)
🌁 5 letters, starts with F, ends with Y
🌫️ Visibility: low
🌉 Golden Gate mornings
🌬️ Misty weather
👓 Hard to see clearly
☁️ Moist atmosphere
🌦️ Marine layer present
🧣 Light jacket needed
🌃 City of haze

6 “Bald” bird (Answer: EAGLE)
🦅 5 letters, starts with E, ends with E
🇺🇸 National symbol
🐤 Not really featherless
🪶 Sharp-eyed flyer
🎯 Fierce predator
🪺 Builds huge nests
💵 Appears on the dollar
🥇 Associated with power
🏈 Philadelphia mascot

7 Clothes tumbler (Answer: DRYER)
👕 5 letters, starts with D, ends with R
🔁 Spins with heat
💨 Ends laundry cycles
🔌 Electrical appliance
🧺 Next after washer
👖 Prevents damp clothes
🔥 Could cause shrinkage
🏠 Found in laundry room
🧦 Sock eater suspect

Down
1 Damp (Answer: SOGGY)
💦 5 letters, starts with S, ends with Y
🍞 Not crisp
🌧️ Overly wet
👟 Post-puddle condition
🥣 Cereal after too long
🧽 Needs wringing
☔ Weather aftermath
🪵 Muddy trail texture
📉 Opposite of dry

2 Consideration for a selfie taker (Answer: ANGLE)
📸 5 letters, starts with A, ends with E
🪞 “Get my good side”
📐 Portrait tweak
🔺 Sharp perspective
🧍‍♀️ Tilt your head just right
🧠 Influences jawline
👁️ Camera perspective
🖼️ Framing matter
🤳 Influencer tactic

3 Sweet variety of lemon (Answer: MEYER)
🍋 5 letters, starts with M, ends with R
🌿 Hybrid fruit
🧁 Baker’s favorite
🏡 Grows in backyards
🌞 California popular
👨‍🌾 Less tart than most
🧪 Often used in curd
🥧 Perfect for tarts
🍯 Tastes almost orangey

4 Animal hunted by the stranded kids in Lord of the Flies (Answer: BOAR)
🐗 4 letters, starts with B, ends with R
🩸 Symbol of savagery
🏝️ Island prey
🔪 Jack’s obsession
🐾 Wild pig
📚 Literature creature
🎯 Spear target
🦷 Tusks included
⚠️ Dangerous game

5 Org. for Jerome Powell, with “the” (Answer: FED)
💰 3 letters, starts with F, ends with D
🏦 U.S. central bank
📈 Controls interest rates
💵 Money supply overseer
📉 Can influence inflation
📰 Often in headlines
📊 Sets monetary policy
💸 Prints no cash, but impacts it
🏛️ Chair: Jerome Powell