Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, May 9

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword is one of those oddball ones where certain letters in certain answers get placed into circles, and they serve as a clue for 9-Across. I usually shudder at such game tricks, but this was an easy puzzle, so the circles didn’t bother me. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

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1A clue: Humpty Dumpty, in many illustrations
Answer: EGG

4A clue: Cartoon bear who wears a red shirt and no pants
Answer: POOH

6A clue: Collection of world maps
Answer: ATLAS

8A clue: Counterpart of “adios”
Answer: HOLA

9A clue: [See circled letters]
Answer: WOW

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1D clue: Clean water org.
Answer: EPA

2D clue: Subculture with black clothing
Answer: GOTH

3D clue: “When they ___ …” (start of a memorable Michelle Obama line)
Answer: GOLOW

5D clue: Angel topper
Answer: HALO

7D clue: It has sharp teeth
Answer: SAW

Social media trends Viral content 2025 Trending hashtags Social media updates Trending memes and videos How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.