Struggling with the NYT Mini Crossword for May 4, 2025? Our guide is here to help! The New York Times Mini Crossword is a bite-sized version of the classic daily puzzle—quick to solve but just as rewarding. Perfect for word enthusiasts who want a fun challenge without the time commitment of a full-sized crossword, it’s available both in print and online for solvers of all skill levels.
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1A Wines that Napa Valley is renowned for, informally NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: RENOWNED (adjective)
- Widely known and esteemed
Answer:
[spoiler]CABS[/spoiler]
Hint 2: VALLEY (noun)
- A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
5A “Right away!” NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: AWAY (adverb)
- Out of the way (especially away from one’s thoughts)
- From one’s possession
Answer:
[spoiler]ATONCE[/spoiler]
Hint 2: AWAY (adjective)
- (Of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- Not present; having left
8A School students NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: SCHOOL (noun)
- A large group of fish
- The period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
Answer:
[spoiler]PUPILS[/spoiler]
Hint 2: SCHOOL (verb)
- Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- Educate in or as if in a school
9A Make a mistake … or 8-Across backward NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: BACKWARD (adverb)
- In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
- In or to or toward a past time
Answer:
[spoiler]SLIPUP[/spoiler]
Hint 2: BACKWARD (adjective)
- Retarded in intellectual development
- Directed or facing toward the back or rear
10A Many a new driver NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: DRIVER (noun)
- A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
- (Computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Answer:
[spoiler]TEEN[/spoiler]
Hint 2: MANY (adjective)
- A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as’ or `too’ or `so’ or `that’; amounting to a large but indefinite number
1D Items of clothing that may be worn backward NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: BACKWARD (adverb)
- In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
- In or to or toward a past time
Answer:
[spoiler]CAPS[/spoiler]
Hint 2: BACKWARD (adjective)
- Retarded in intellectual development
- Directed or facing toward the back or rear
2D ___ Gawande, surgeon with the #1 New York Times best seller “Being Mortal” NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: SURGEON (noun)
- A physician who specializes in surgery
Answer:
[spoiler]ATUL[/spoiler]
Hint 2: SELLER (noun)
- Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
3D Hasbro toy with a pull handle and twistable crank NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: HANDLE (verb)
- Touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- Handle effectively
Answer:
[spoiler]BOPIT[/spoiler]
Hint 2: HANDLE (noun)
- The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
4D Criticize snarkily, with “at” NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: CRITICIZE (verb)
- Find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- Act as a critic
Answer:
[spoiler]SNIPE[/spoiler]
6D You’re reading it NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: READING (noun)
- Written material intended to be read
- A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
Answer:
[spoiler]CLUE[/spoiler]
7D Channel with “2” and “U” spinoffs NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: CHANNEL (verb)
- Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- Send from one person or place to another
Answer:
[spoiler]ESPN[/spoiler]
Hint 2: CHANNEL (noun)
- A television station and its programs
- A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
