NYT Mini Crossword Answers May 19, 2025

Across

1 Network satirized on “30 Rock,” for short (Answer: NBC)
📺 3 letters, starts with N, ends with C
🎤 Home of “Saturday Night Live”
📡 U.S. broadcast network
🦚 Logo features a peacock
📺 Aired “Friends”
🎬 Subject of “30 Rock” parody
🏈 Broadcasts NFL games
🎭 Home to “The Office”
📰 Owned by Comcast
📱 Streaming content on Peacock

4 Sport played on horseback (Answer: POLO)
🐎 4 letters, starts with P, ends with O
🏇 Mallet-and-ball game
🌍 Played globally by elites
👕 Also a shirt style
🥅 Teams aim for goals
🔔 Similar to hockey on horseback
🎽 Sport of princes
🇮🇳 Very popular in India historically
🏟️ Played on a large grass field

5 One for whom every day is Boxing Day? (Answer: MOVER)
📦 5 letters, starts with M, ends with R
🚚 Helps with relocation
📦 Handles heavy lifting
🏡 Associated with U-Haul
💪 Involved in packing
📦 May work for a company
🛋️ Transports furniture
🏠 Essential on moving day
📋 Might be hired hourly
📦 Works with boxes a lot

6 Like correct letters in Wordle (Answer: GREEN)
🟩 5 letters, starts with G, ends with N
🧠 Wordle success color
🎯 Indicates correct placement
🌱 Opposite of red in stoplights
🎨 Color and status signal
🧩 Shows right letter, right spot
📱 Satisfying result in the game
🎮 Gamers love this square
👀 Seen on eco-friendly labels

7 Blend together (Answer: MELD)
🔄 4 letters, starts with M, ends with D
🧪 Combine or mix
🎭 Merge ideas or themes
🍲 Used in cooking too
🎨 Artists do this with styles
🔀 Often done with cultures
🧠 Synonym for fuse
📚 Appear in fantasy worldbuilding
🎧 Can apply to music genres

Down

1 “Invisible Man” or “Little Women” (Answer: NOVEL)
📖 5 letters, starts with N, ends with L
📚 Work of fiction
📕 Written narrative
📝 By Ralph Ellison or Louisa May Alcott
🧠 Requires chapters
📓 May be adapted into film
📖 Found on best-seller lists
📘 Literary category
🪶 Can be historical or sci-fi
🏆 Eligible for literary awards

2 Run in the wash (Answer: BLEED)
🩸 5 letters, starts with B, ends with D
🧺 Dye disaster in laundry
🎨 Colors do this when not set
🧼 Fabric mishap
👕 Red sock culprit
🧦 Happens to cheap clothes
🧪 Unfixed dyes
🚿 Common with tie-dye
🖼️ Also used in painting
😖 Laundry headache

3 What bourbon whiskey is primarily made from (Answer: CORN)
🌽 4 letters, starts with C, ends with N
🥃 Main bourbon ingredient
🌾 American grain
🍿 Popped for snacks
🌽 Ears and husks
🌱 Farm crop
🇺🇸 Big in Midwest
🌞 Grows in summer
💧 Distilled into ethanol
📦 Found in syrup too

4 Tiny hole in the skin (Answer: PORE)
🕳️ 4 letters, starts with P, ends with E
🧖 Skin opening
💦 Sweat exit
🧼 Clogged by dirt
🔍 Seen up close
🧴 Targeted by skincare
🌡️ Expands with heat
🧬 Part of epidermis
🚿 Cleansed by facial scrub

5 Longtime movie studio acquired by Amazon in 2022 (Answer: MGM)
🎬 3 letters, starts with M, ends with M
🦁 Roaring lion logo
🎞️ Made Bond films
🏛️ Hollywood legend
📼 Amazon bought it
📽️ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
📺 Founded in 1924
📀 Home of “Rocky” series
🎞️ Classic film library