NYT Mini Crossword Answers May 9, 2025

Across
1 Humpty Dumpty, in many illustrations (Answer: EGG)
🥚 3 letters, starts with E, ends with G
📖 Often shown sitting on a wall
🍳 Breakfast food
🐣 Comes from a hen
🧠 Brainy slang term
🎨 Oval-shaped in cartoons
💔 “Cracks under pressure” pun
📚 Classic nursery rhyme subject
🧩 Shell on the outside

4 Cartoon bear who wears a red shirt and no pants (Answer: POOH)
🐻 4 letters, starts with P, ends with H
🍯 Obsessed with honey
📖 Lives in Hundred Acre Wood
🎥 Disney character
🧸 Based on a stuffed animal
👕 Iconic red shirt
📚 Created by A. A. Milne
🎈 Best friends with Piglet

6 Collection of world maps (Answer: ATLAS)
🗺️ 5 letters, starts with A, ends with S
📚 Found in libraries and glove compartments
🌍 Shows continents and oceans
🏔️ Can include topography
🧭 Navigation aid
📘 Often a hardcover reference
📦 May contain country flags
📚 Named after a Greek Titan

8 Counterpart of “adios” (Answer: HOLA)
👋 4 letters, starts with H, ends with A
🗣️ Spanish greeting
🌞 Used at the start of the day
🇲🇽 Common in Latin America
📚 Taught in beginner Spanish
📱 Text shorthand too
🧑 Friendly salutation
🎤 Can be shouted with a wave

9 [See circled letters] (Answer: WOW)
😲 3 letters, starts with W, ends with W
👏 Expression of amazement
🫢 Often followed by “just wow”
🌟 Internet slang
🗯️ Used in comics
📣 Common exclamation
📱 Emoji reaction equivalent
🏆 Surprise at success

Down
1 Clean water org. (Answer: EPA)
🌎 3 letters, starts with E, ends with A
🏛️ U.S. government agency
💧 Environmental oversight
🌿 Protects nature
🧪 Regulates pollutants
📑 Subject to laws and guidelines
🚱 Focuses on clean air and water
🗳️ Founded in the 1970s

2 Subculture with black clothing (Answer: GOTH)
🖤 4 letters, starts with G, ends with H
🎸 Often linked with dark music
🧛 Inspired by horror themes
🧥 Frequently wears eyeliner
💀 Associated with skull imagery
📺 Has roots in punk
🧑 Often seen in all-black outfits
📚 Also a type of architecture

3 “When they ___ …” (start of a memorable Michelle Obama line) (Answer: GOLOW)
🗣️ 5 letters, starts with G, ends with W
📣 Famous 2016 DNC quote
🧑‍⚖️ Refers to moral high ground
📺 Widely shared speech moment
📚 Inspires resilience
💬 Opposite of retaliating harshly
🧠 Associated with character
🏛️ Political catchphrase

5 Angel topper (Answer: HALO)
😇 4 letters, starts with H, ends with O
🟡 Glowing ring above head
📸 Sometimes edited into photos
🧑 Sign of purity or divinity
🪙 Circular light in art
📖 Religious symbolism
🎨 Golden in classic paintings
🎮 Also a famous video game title

7 It has sharp teeth (Answer: SAW)
🪚 3 letters, starts with S, ends with W
🧰 Tool used in carpentry
🌳 Can cut through wood
🩸 Also a horror movie franchise
🔊 Rhymes with “flaw”
📦 Part of a toolbox
🧱 Makes a screeching sound when used
🔧 Has manual and electric versions