NYT Mini Crossword Clues & Answers - Aug 22

Friday, August 22, 2025

By Ian Livengood

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NYT Mini Crossword Clues

Across

  1. 1Places to store shovels and leaf blowers
  2. 5Coating for Babybel cheese
  3. 6"___ vs. Predator" (2004 sci-fi film)
  4. 8Streaming glitch
  5. 9Docking spots
  6. 10Feature of a Southern accent
  7. 14Sweet potato lookalike
  8. 15Top-notch, informally
  9. 17Greenskeeper's roll of grass
  10. 18Campfire remnants

Down

  1. 1Nickname for the Florida Gators football stadium, with "the"
  2. 2"2001: A Space Odyssey" villain
  3. 3Cast out from a country
  4. 4"Uptown Funk" and "Downtown," for two
  5. 7"Can I bend your ___ for a second?"
  6. 10Like an ambitious, competitive personality
  7. 11Simple-to-play card game for two
  8. 12Simple-living sect
  9. 13Shop owner's stock
  10. 16Barkeep on "The Simpsons"

Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. Places to store shovels and leaf blowers — Answer: SHEDS
  2. 5. Coating for Babybel cheese — Answer: WAX
  3. 6. "___ vs. Predator" (2004 sci-fi film) — Answer: ALIEN
  4. 8. Streaming glitch — Answer: LAG
  5. 9. Docking spots — Answer: PIERS
  6. 10. Feature of a Southern accent — Answer: TWANG
  7. 14. Sweet potato lookalike — Answer: YAM
  8. 15. Top-notch, informally — Answer: PRIMO
  9. 17. Greenskeeper's roll of grass — Answer: SOD
  10. 18. Campfire remnants — Answer: ASHES

Down

  1. 1. Nickname for the Florida Gators football stadium, with "the" — Answer: SWAMP
  2. 2. "2001: A Space Odyssey" villain — Answer: HAL
  3. 3. Cast out from a country — Answer: EXILE
  4. 4. "Uptown Funk" and "Downtown," for two — Answer: SONGS
  5. 7. "Can I bend your ___ for a second?" — Answer: EAR
  6. 10. Like an ambitious, competitive personality — Answer: TYPEA
  7. 11. Simple-to-play card game for two — Answer: WAR
  8. 12. Simple-living sect — Answer: AMISH
  9. 13. Shop owner's stock — Answer: GOODS
  10. 16. Barkeep on "The Simpsons" — Answer: MOE

Here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, August 22, 2025 — every across and down solution for that day's 5×5 puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a Mini you missed, settling a “what was the answer on August 22?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. If you're after today's puzzle instead, head to our live NYT Mini answers page.

NYT Mini answers for August 22, 2025

The full solution for the August 22 Mini is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Because the Mini is a compact 5×5, one missing letter tends to block several crossing answers at once, so each answer is listed separately: you can check just the one you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Friday, August 22.

Hints for the August 22 Mini

Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's puzzle before the solutions above. The August 22 Mini fell on a Friday, and while the Mini keeps a fairly even difficulty all week, its clues lean on quick general knowledge and current culture — so a single unfamiliar name is usually the one square that trips solvers up. Use the hints for that day's trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.

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What were the NYT Mini Crossword answers on August 22, 2025?

Every across and down answer for the Friday, August 22, 2025 Mini is listed at the top of this page — the confirmed grid as published that day.

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