One of my responsibilities as a puzzle editor at The New York Times is to create mini crosswords that run in The New York Times for Kids, a monthly section in the Sunday paper just for — you guessed ...

Today's NYT Mini Crossword answers are here for Thursday, May 8, and theyve got solvers talking. From the tricky 1-Across ...

NO MORE FOOLING AROUND (Freestyle): This is a freestyle, or themeless, puzzle ... I also enjoyed the other two grid-spanning answers: I'M DRAWING A BLANK (23A: "Doesn't ring any bells") and ...

And second, I has happy to include the word Sherpa in the grid. Sherpas are legendary Himalayan mountaineers. When this crossword is published it will be a hot 104 degree Farenheit in Delhi ...