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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, May 24, 2026

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A Sunday 5x5 by Joel Fagliano: BUZZ opens the Across clues and BOA runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

  • 1. Mild, pleasant intoxication
    BUZZ
  • 5. Cookie in cookies 'n cream
    OREO
  • 6. Head of a monastery
    ABBOT
  • 8. Sticks, for a snowman
    ARMS
  • 9. Artemis II org.
    NASA

Down

  • 1. Snake that can weigh over 100 pounds
    BOA
  • 2. Of the city
    URBAN
  • 3. Serengeti grazer
    ZEBRA
  • 4. Participates in a video call, as added to the dictionary in 2020
    ZOOMS
  • 7. Consideration when figuring out how early to arrive at the airport, for short
    TSA

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: BUZZ · OREO · ABBOT · ARMS · NASA
Down: BOA · URBAN · ZEBRA · ZOOMS · TSA
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