NYT Mini Crossword May 21 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 10 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the NYT Mini Crossword May 21 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 10 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Not such a wild place to see an elephantZOO3Across1 Mark who wrote "Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired"TWAIN5Across4 Symbol on the U.S. quarterEAGLE5Across6 Parts of a dental examXRAYS5Across7 What Wile E. Coyote is always exploding himself withTNT3Across8

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Big name in restaurant ratingsZAGAT5Down1 Like your hands after eating potato chips, perhapsOILY4Down2 Lowest numbers in sudokuONES4Down3 Reach out with your fingers?TEXT4Down4 Give an alertWARN4Down5

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This page lists every clue and answer from the NYT Mini crossword published on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.