NYT Mini Crossword Answers May 26, 2025

Across
1 Endangers (Answer: RISKS)
⚠️ 5 letters, starts with R, ends with S
🎲 Takes chances
🚫 Safety not guaranteed
🏄‍♂️ Dares to do
🔥 Flirts with danger
🧗 Hazard invites
🎯 Gamble synonym
🚓 Puts in jeopardy
🏃‍♂️ Lives on the edge
⛔ May have consequences
💸 Might lose big

6 “Bloomin’” item at Outback Steakhouse (Answer: ONION)
🧅 5 letters, starts with O, ends with N
🇦🇺 Aussie appetizer
🍽️ Deep-fried veggie
🧄 Blooming dish
🫕 Layered and battered
🌼 Flower-shaped snack
😢 Makes you cry
🪴 Root veggie
🔥 Crispy petals
🧂 Heavily seasoned
🥢 Shared starter

7 Up the ___ (plentifully) (Answer: WAZOO)
🍑 5 letters, starts with W, ends with O
📈 Overflowing
💯 Excessively
🫠 Full to bursting
🎉 Loads of
🗣️ Slangy abundance
📦 Too many
🛒 Beyond capacity
🧠 All over the place
🔊 Informal idiom
😮 “More than enough!”

8 Lived (in) (Answer: DWELT)
🏠 5 letters, starts with D, ends with T
🛏️ Occupied a place
📍 Resided
🧭 Took up residence
🏡 Had a home
🛋️ Stayed
🚪 Was inside
📚 Archaic for “lived”
🧙 Old-style word
🛠️ Settled down
📖 Often in fantasy

9 “You wanted to see me because …?” (Answer: YES)
🗣️ 3 letters, starts with Y, ends with S
🙋 Affirmative
📞 Confirmation
💬 “Why I’m here?”
🎤 Short reply
🧠 Response to cue
📣 Called upon
✋ “That’s me!”
💡 Lightbulb moment
📍 Answer to a summons
📘 One-word reply

Down
1 Rambunctious (Answer: ROWDY)
🎉 5 letters, starts with R, ends with Y
📣 Loud and wild
🕺 Uncontrolled energy
🎭 Party animal type
🏈 Sports crowd vibe
👟 Disruptive
😆 Full of life
🙃 Noisy
🚸 Playground trouble
🔥 Unruly
🪩 Not calm

2 Totally blown away (Answer: INAWE)
😮 5 letters, starts with I, ends with E
🌟 Starstruck
🌌 Amazed
🏞️ Nature reaction
🎇 Mind-blown
😲 Impressed
👀 Eyes wide
🙌 Jaw dropped
📷 Awe-stricken
📣 Can’t believe it
🧠 Wonder-filled

3 S, M and L (Answer: SIZES)
📏 5 letters, starts with S, ends with S
👕 Clothing categories
📐 Measurement types
🔤 Label trio
📦 Package options
💼 Menu variations
🔍 Fit options
🧥 Shirt tags
📚 Scale indicators
📈 Range descriptors
🛍️ Try-on labels

4 ___-Aid Man, mascot known for smashing through walls and yelling “Oh, yeah!” (Answer: KOOL)
🥤 4 letters, starts with K, ends with L
🏃‍♂️ Beverage breaker
🎉 Drink brand mascot
🍓 Punch promoter
🧃 Giant pitcher
🧱 Wall crasher
📺 90s commercial icon
🎤 Yelled “Oh yeah!”
🎭 Mascot energy
🍒 Sugar rush
👶 Childhood memory

5 Pesky little twerp (Answer: SNOT)
😒 4 letters, starts with S, ends with T
👶 Runny-nosed brat
🤧 Nasal nuisance
🙄 Annoying kid
🤏 Little pest
🗣️ “What a punk!”
🦠 Germy trouble
😤 Minor irritant
🧼 Needs a tissue
📣 Whiny and rude
🎯 Often insulted