Cool place to be on a sunny day

The answer to “Cool place to be on a sunny day” in the New York Times Mini crossword is SHADE — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on July 21, 2025 at 1-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Cool place to be on a sunny day” answer

SHADE (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SHADE

SHADE is the 5-letter solution that fits "Cool place to be on a sunny day" in the NYT Mini crossword on July 21, 2025 (1-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SHADE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SHADE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Cool place to be on a sunny day” appeared?

New York Times Mini reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 21, 2025 (most recent) → SHADE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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