NYT Mini Crossword Answers May 29, 2025

Across
1 Language heard in Bangkok (Answer: THAI)
🗣️ 4 letters, starts with T, ends with I
🇹🇭 Native to Thailand
📍 Spoken in Bangkok
🔡 Uses unique script
🎵 Tonal language
📚 Southeast Asian tongue
🎤 Thai alphabet user
🧘 Buddhist chants often in this
📜 Traditional poetic language
🗺️ Official in Siam
🍛 Flavorful-sounding syllables

5 Major brand of athletic shoes (Answer: ASICS)
👟 5 letters, starts with A, ends with S
🏃‍♂️ Marathon must-have
🛒 Footwear brand
🎽 Worn by athletes
🏋️ Fitness footwear
🚴 Sole supplier
🏆 Performance shoes
🦶 Japanese sportswear
📈 Popular in races
🏃‍♀️ GEL tech company

6 Language family that includes Swahili (Answer: BANTU)
🌍 5 letters, starts with B, ends with U
🗣️ African language group
🇰🇪 Spoken widely in Kenya
🔊 Zulu & Xhosa siblings
📜 Root of many dialects
🧠 Linguistic category
📚 Pan-African family
🔄 Includes over 500 tongues
🌿 Common in sub-Saharan Africa
🧩 Language tree

7 Language from which we get “pajama” and “khaki” (Answer: URDU)
📚 4 letters, starts with U, ends with U
🇵🇰 Spoken in Pakistan
🗣️ Indo-Aryan language
👕 Source of comfy words
🎖️ Colonial India influence
📖 Script similar to Arabic
🪶 Poetic tradition
🎬 Bollywood cousin
🕌 Islamic cultural ties
📝 Elegant calligraphy

8 Small amount of Manhattan? (Answer: SIP)
🥃 3 letters, starts with S, ends with P
🍸 Cocktail quantity
🍷 Tiny taste
👄 Lips touch
🧊 Just a bit
💬 Try a drink
🍹 Bartender’s tease
📉 Measured mouthful
⏳ Short drink moment
🫗 Pour a smidge

Down
1 Old Russian rulers (Answer: TSARS)
👑 5 letters, starts with T, ends with S
🇷🇺 Pre-Soviet leaders
📜 Imperial titles
🧊 Romanov clan
⚔️ Crowned in Kremlin
🏰 Monarchs of Moscow
📖 History book staples
🧬 Lineage of power
🥶 Siberia senders
📆 Ruled before 1917

2 Language that’s third in number of worldwide speakers, after English and Mandarin (Answer: HINDI)
🗣️ 5 letters, starts with H, ends with I
🇮🇳 Widely spoken in India
📚 Bollywood’s language
📖 Devnagari script
🔡 Related to Sanskrit
🛕 Chanted in temples
🌍 Global top three
🎤 Popular in songs
🧠 Spoken by over 600M
📰 Hindi daily reader

3 Misbehave (Answer: ACTUP)
🙄 5 letters, starts with A, ends with P
👶 Tantrum time
🎭 Cause a scene
🚫 Not behaving
🧠 Classroom chaos
😤 Disruptive moment
📺 Drama on demand
🔊 Outburst
🎬 Star’s tantrum
📘 Misconduct

4 Sch. not far from Des Moines (Answer: ISU)
🏫 3 letters, starts with I, ends with U
📍 Ames campus
🎓 Iowa education
🐦 Cyclones’ home
🏈 Big 12 member
🧪 Research institute
📚 College town
🗺️ Near Des Moines
🎨 Red and gold
🧠 STEM stronghold

5 ___ Dhabi (Answer: ABU)
🌍 3 letters, starts with A, ends with U
🇦🇪 UAE capital prefix
🏙️ Paired with Dhabi
🕌 Middle East location
💰 Oil-rich city
✈️ Emirates destination
🏖️ Coastal luxury
📍 Gulf state city
🏗️ Towering skyline