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NYT Mini Crossword today: puzzle answers for Thursday, May 2

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most players just over a minute to solve). While The Mini is smaller and simpler than a normal crossword, it isn’t always easy. Tripping up on one clue can be the difference between a personal best completion time and an embarrassing solve attempt.

Just like our Wordle hints and Connections hints, we’re here to help with The Mini today if you’re stuck and need a little help.

Below are the answers for the NYT Mini crossword today.

NYT Mini Crossword answers today

NYT The Mini Crossword logo.
New York Times

Across

  • Fruit with a large, flat pit – MANGO
  • How storybooks are read to children – ALOUD
  • Super-enthusiastic, as a fan – RABID
  • Get a whiff of – SMELL
  • Like Crocs and Swiss cheese – HOLEY

Down

  • Boggy area – MARSH
  • Car rental agency – ALAMO
  • Malala Yousafzai is the youngest person ever to win one (at age 17) – NOBEL
  • Cunning intelligence – GUILE
  • In an unusual way – ODDLY

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