Looking for most recent Answer to mini crosswords? Click here for today’s mini crossword clues, plus our daily answers and hints for Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles from the New York Times.
Need help with today’s mini crosswords? This is a pretty simple question today, but keep reading for all the answers. And if you could use some daily solving tips and tricks, check out our mini crossword tips.
If you are looking for today’s answers to Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle tips page.
Learn more: Tips and Tricks for Solving the New York Times Mini Crossword
Let’s move on to these mini crossword clues and answers.
The NYT Mini Crossword puzzle completed for May 19, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini through clues and answers
1A hint: how often the Mini comes out
Answer: DAILY
6An index: difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set
Solution: RANGE
7A Clue: A Caribbean Island Near Venezuela
Solution: ARUBA
8A clue: the price to pay
Answer: COST
9Hint: Jersey number worn by star linebacker Micah Parsons, the first Packer to wear it since 1926
Answer: ONE
Mini-clues and answers
Clue 1D: Constellation whose name comes from the Latin “dragon”
Answer: DRACO
2D Clue: “___ Burr, Sir” (“Hamilton” number)
Answer: ARON
3D Index: Currently occupied, as a toilet
Answer: INUSE
4D Index: The community honored by the GLAAD Media Awards, at a glance
Answer: LGBT
Clue 5D: “___ or not?”
Answer: YES