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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, June 19, 2026

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A Friday 5x5 by Sam Ezersky: SKEW opens the Across clues and SLIME runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

  • 1. Distort, as data
    SKEW
  • 5. Give a [heart emoji] on a text thread
    LOVE
  • 6. Like a post that's been shared a bajillion times
    VIRAL
  • 7. Signs of things to come
    OMENS
  • 8. Dog walker's restraint
    LEASH

Down

  • 1. Snail's trail
    SLIME
  • 2. Home to kimchi and Kim Jong Un
    KOREA
  • 3. Bob ___ (restaurant chain)
    EVANS
  • 4. Like the phrase "pen gwyn" ("white head"), from which the penguin gets its name
    WELSH
  • 6. Loudness dial: Abbr.
    VOL

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: SKEW · LOVE · VIRAL · OMENS · LEASH
Down: SLIME · KOREA · EVANS · WELSH · VOL
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