NYT Mini Crossword Answers May 7, 2025

Across
1 Ovechkin who broke Wayne Gretzky’s N.H.L. goals record (Answer: ALEX)
🏒 4 letters, starts with A, ends with X
🇷🇺 Famous Russian hockey player
🥅 Legendary goal scorer
📛 Shares name with Trebek
🎯 Known for precision shots
🥇 Capitals’ star
📈 Surpassed Gretzky in goals
📣 NHL crowd favorite
📰 Common sports headline name
🏆 Stanley Cup champion

5 Stand-in (Answer: PROXY)
🧍‍♂️ 5 letters, starts with P, ends with Y
🔁 Acts on another’s behalf
💻 Often refers to a server
📋 Voting substitute
🎭 A replacement
💬 Speaks for someone else
📈 Used in shareholder meetings
👥 Represents another
🌐 Internet go-between
📧 Hidden IP user

6 Industry for marketing professionals, informally (Answer: ADBIZ)
📊 5 letters, starts with A, ends with Z
📣 Short for advertising business
🧠 Creatives work here
📺 Commercial production
📈 Drives brand growth
📇 Full of slogans
🧍‍♀️ Home to marketers
💼 Agencies dominate it
🖥️ Online and offline campaigns
📦 Sells the sell

7 Poe, Pope or Pound (Answer: POET)
📚 4 letters, starts with P, ends with T
✒️ Writes in verse
🧠 Known for meter and rhyme
📖 Often anthologized
🕯️ Reflects on life
📜 May write odes
💔 Expresses emotion
🧞 Crafts metaphors
📅 Celebrated on World Poetry Day
🔍 Deep thinker

8 Org. that really ought to give you a break? (Answer: IRS)
💸 3 letters, starts with I, ends with S
🧾 Collects taxes in the U.S.
📅 Key player every April
📊 Handles audits
📬 Sends refund checks
🏛️ Part of the Treasury
📈 Reviews income reports
🤯 Source of tax stress
📉 Notoriously strict
🪙 Revenue source

Down
1 Intense passion (Answer: ARDOR)
🔥 5 letters, starts with A, ends with R
💖 Strong love or desire
🎯 Unyielding enthusiasm
🏃 Pursuit with zeal
📝 Often used in poetry
🌟 Devoted energy
💬 Similar to fervor
🔥 Burns with intensity
🧠 Emotion-driven force
💪 Can fuel action

2 Parts of ears and brains (Answer: LOBES)
🧠 5 letters, starts with L, ends with S
👂 Found on both sides of the head
🧬 Frontal and temporal
📏 Pierced often
📚 Studied in anatomy
🩻 Visible in scans
👶 Soft when young
🎧 Covered by headphones
🦻 Associated with hearing

3 Glowing sign in a movie theater (Answer: EXIT)
🚪 4 letters, starts with E, ends with T
🔴 Illuminated in red
📽️ Required for safety
🧍‍♂️ Leads to hallway
🔚 Signals way out
📄 Found on maps
🚷 Used in emergencies
🪧 Near doors
🧯 Fire safety companion

4 End of the alphabet (Answer: XYZ)
🔤 3 letters, starts with X, ends with Z
🧩 Final trio
📚 Learned in kindergarten
✏️ Common placeholder
👕 Size label
💼 Business generation
🧪 Graph axes
📈 Found in coordinates
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Used for generations

5 Spanish term of endearment (Answer: PAPI)
🇪🇸 4 letters, starts with P, ends with I
👶 Often said by kids
💘 Romantic in slang
🎶 Used in reggaeton
👨 Refers to dad
💬 Similar to “daddy”
📞 Heard in calls home
🧸 Soft-sounding name
🎤 Used by singers