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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Monday, June 22, 2026

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

Across

  • 1. Like jerky and dried fruit
    CHEWY
  • 6. Technology that Marconi introduced to the Vatican in 1931, in order to broadcast the pope's blessings worldwide
    RADIO
  • 7. Bring together as one
    UNIFY
  • 8. Prefix with -path or -political
    SOCIO
  • 9. Successful song
    HIT

Down

  • 1. Clobber
    CRUSH
  • 2. Capital of Vietnam
    HANOI
  • 3. Monarch's official decree
    EDICT
  • 4. In-flight "perk" that's notoriously unstable
    WIFI
  • 5. Toy on a string
    YOYO

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: CHEWY · RADIO · UNIFY · SOCIO · HIT
Down: CRUSH · HANOI · EDICT · WIFI · YOYO
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