Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, May 17

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Coverage across the outlets is largely uniform, with most sources providing straightforward hints and answers without significant variation in framing. Center-leaning outlets like Mashable and CNET focus on delivering comprehensive hints…

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, May 17

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The article provides the answers and clues for The New York Times Mini Crossword puzzle published on May 17, 2026. It includes both across and down clues with their corresponding solutions. Additional puzzle hints for Wordle, Connections, and Strands are also referenced.

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▪The NYT Mini Crossword for May 17, 2026, includes clues such as 'Wedding entertainers, for short' with the answer DJS.
▪One of the across clues is 'Like admission to the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C.' and the answer is FREE.
▪The down clues include 'Rory's love interest on "Gilmore Girls"' with the answer JESS.
▪Another down clue is 'Mourning dove's call' and the answer is COO.

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5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 days. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 3 centre, 1 lean right.

Centre · 3Lean right · 1

▪ NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for May 19, 2026 — Mashable
▪ Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #1576) — TechRadar
▪ Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, May 18 — CNET — News
▪ Today’s Wordle #1793 Hints And Answer For Sunday, May 17 — Forbes — Business

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Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today's Mini Crossword? It's a pretty easy one, but read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini CrosswordLet's get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers. The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for May 17, 2026.

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