NYT Mini Crossword Answers May 6, 2025

Across
1 Everest and Kilimanjaro: Abbr. (Answer: MTS)
⛰️ 3 letters, starts with M, ends with S
🗺️ Short for towering landforms
📍 Appears in geography abbreviations
🧭 Found in atlas keys
🌍 Related to high elevations
📚 Common in school maps
✏️ Plural form of a peak abbreviation
📈 Often measured in feet or meters
🏔️ Example: Rockies and Alps
🧠 Geography shorthand

4 A little horse (Answer: FOAL)
🐴 4 letters, starts with F, ends with L
👶 Baby equine
👩‍🌾 Born to mares
🏇 Learns to gallop
🌾 Found on farms
📆 Less than a year old
🍼 Needs milk
🐎 Becomes a colt or filly
👣 Wobbly on legs
🎠 Not yet ridden

5 A little hoarse (Answer: RASPY)
🔊 5 letters, starts with R, ends with Y
🗣️ Rough-sounding voice
😷 Comes with sore throats
🎤 Singer’s worn tone
📣 Harsh vocal quality
🧓 Aged voice sound
🚬 Smoker’s vocal effect
🎙️ Gravelly tone
🥶 Can happen in cold weather
📞 Scratchy on phone

6 Perfect (Answer: IDEAL)
🌟 5 letters, starts with I, ends with L
🎯 Just right
🧠 The best solution
✨ Model example
📐 Without flaws
💭 Imagined as perfect
📘 Often theoretical
📈 Highest standard
📋 Goal-worthy
🙌 Fits all criteria

7 Unlike houses that have been professionally staged (Answer: MESSY)
🧹 5 letters, starts with M, ends with Y
😬 Cluttered appearance
🏚️ Not ready to show
🧦 Socks on the floor
🧽 Needs cleaning
📦 Boxes everywhere
🐾 Pets leave traces
💤 Looks lived-in
🧠 Opposite of tidy
👀 Visually chaotic

Down
1 Hero of the Passover Seder (Answer: MOSES)
📖 5 letters, starts with M, ends with S
🧔 Led the Exodus
🌊 Parted the sea
🪔 Mentioned in the Haggadah
📜 Delivered the Ten Commandments
👶 Found in a basket
🏞️ Mount Sinai climber
🧠 Central biblical figure
🕯️ Honored during Passover
🇪🇬 Escaped from Egypt
✡️ Jewish leader

2 Spanish small plates (Answer: TAPAS)
🍴 5 letters, starts with T, ends with S
🌍 Spanish cuisine
🍤 Shared appetizers
🍷 Served with wine
🥘 Patatas bravas, for example
🧀 Cheese and olives often included
🍳 Can be hot or cold
🎉 Common at social gatherings
🍽️ Eaten in bars
🧠 Plural of tapa

3 In a sneaky way (Answer: SLYLY)
🕵️ 5 letters, starts with S, ends with Y
🐍 Like a trickster
😼 With cunning
🤫 Under the radar
🧠 Secretively clever
🕶️ Like a spy
🧩 Not obvious
🦊 Foxlike behavior
🧍‍♂️ Quietly
🔍 Deceptively

4 Lessen over time (Answer: FADE)
🌫️ 4 letters, starts with F, ends with E
🎨 Colors do this
🎵 Music might do this at end
🕯️ Candlelight action
🧥 Clothes in the sun
📸 Old photos
🧠 Memories can
🎭 Emotions might
🗣️ Voice can
💇 Hair dye does it

5 What airballs fail to touch (Answer: RIM)
🏀 3 letters, starts with R, ends with M
🎯 Basketball target
🕳️ Above the net
🔄 Ball may bounce off it
💥 Dunk spot
⚙️ Part of hoop
📏 Measures 10 feet high
🥇 Scoring aid
📸 Camera sometimes mounted here
👀 Fans focus on it