Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, May 11
3 minute readPublished: Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 2:38 am
NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, May 11th: Hints and Solutions
Are you stumped by today's New York Times Mini Crossword? Don't worry, we've got you covered! This article provides the answers and clues for the Sunday, May 11th edition, along with some helpful hints to get you through the puzzle.
The Mini Crossword, a popular daily brain teaser, challenges solvers with a compact grid and clever clues. Today's puzzle features a particularly interesting clue at 3-Down: "Weather forecast tool, either way you look at it?" The answer, as the article reveals, is **RADAR**, a palindrome – a word that reads the same forwards and backward.
Here's a breakdown of the complete answers for the May 11th Mini Crossword:
**Across:**
* 1A: Piece of bacon - **STRIP**
* 6A: Renter's contract - **LEASE**
* 7A: Country whose national bird is the peacock - **INDIA**
* 8A: Layers of paint - **COATS**
* 9A: Make a mistake - **ERR**
**Down:**
* 1D: Piece of toast - **SLICE**
* 2D: Kind of saxophone played by Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane - **TENOR**
* 3D: Weather forecast tool, either way you look at it - **RADAR**
* 4D: "___ just me ...?" - **ISIT**
* 5D: Pod group - **PEAS**
This article also points you to resources for other popular NYT games, including Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition. You can find hints and answers for these games on CNET's NYT puzzle hints page.
Remember, while the current day's Mini Crossword is free to play, accessing older puzzles requires a subscription to the New York Times Games section. Happy solving!
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