The NY Times Mini Crossword August 22, 2025 puzzle by Ian Livengood is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
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- 1 Places to store shovels and leaf blowers SHEDS
- 5 Coating for Babybel cheese WAX
- 6 “___ vs. Predator” (2004 sci-fi film) ALIEN
- 8 Streaming glitch LAG
- 9 Docking spots PIERS
- 10 Feature of a Southern accent TWANG
- 14 Sweet potato lookalike YAM
- 15 Top-notch, informally PRIMO
- 17 Greenskeeper’s roll of grass SOD
- 18 Campfire remnants ASHES
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- 1 Nickname for the Florida Gators football stadium, with “the” SWAMP
- 2 “2001: A Space Odyssey” villain HAL
- 3 Cast out from a country EXILE
- 4 “Uptown Funk” and “Downtown,” for two SONGS
- 7 “Can I bend your ___ for a second?” EAR
- 10 Like an ambitious, competitive personality TYPEA
- 11 Simple-to-play card game for two WAR
- 12 Simple-living sect AMISH
- 13 Shop owner’s stock GOODS
- 16 Barkeep on “The Simpsons” MOE
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