The NY Times Mini Crossword May 22, 2025 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Part of a fleet SHIP
- 5 Answer to Gollum’s riddle in “The Hobbit,” which starts “This thing all things devours — birds, beasts, trees, flowers” TIME
- 6 “See ya!” LATER
- 7 Second-most popular girl’s name of the 2020s, after Olivia EMMA
- 8 Not keeping secrets OPEN
Down
- 1 Sticker on an envelope STAMP
- 2 “I’d like another card,” in blackjack HITME
- 3 “Uhh, that is to say …” IMEAN
- 4 The “p” of m.p.h. PER
- 6 Name taken by the new pope LEO
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