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New York mini crosswords

New York is theme 22 of 29 in Theme Minis, filed under town and work. It holds 35 small crosswords, 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, and every one of them leans on words from town and work.

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The make-up of New York

A puzzle here carries 10 to 12 clues, 384 in all. Of those answers, 107 are on-subject words (3 to 6 letters), picked from a list of 98; the others are plain fill.

Every New York puzzle, numbered

Below are the puzzles in order. A pair of clues from each gives you a sense of how new york is handled; solving them is up to you.

  1. Puzzle 1, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Critter seen on the subway tracks” and “The ___, museum on Fifth Avenue”
  2. Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Queue at the bagel counter” and “What a dollar used to buy at the pizza counter”
  3. Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Smoked salmon for a bagel” and “The ___ Apple”
  4. Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Platform out over the water” and “All-night spot for eggs and coffee”
  5. Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Glowing board in Times Square” and “What rumbles through the tunnels”
  6. Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What the tall towers scrape” and “___ Island, the immigration gateway”
  7. Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Bumper-to-bumper snarl” and “Plane leaving LaGuardia”
  8. Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Way off the parkway” and “___ Square”
  9. Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Frank from a street cart” and “___ World Trade Center”
  10. Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ Village” and “Counter for pastrami sandwiches”
  11. Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Underground train, for short” and “Jamaica ___, water in Queens”
  12. Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ Street, in Chinatown” and “What you tap your card to pay”
  13. Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Greenwich Village school, for short” and “The city, in short”
  14. Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “The Hudson or the East” and “Fifth or Madison, for short”
  15. Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ Drive, road along the East River” and “___ City Music Hall”
  16. Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Central ___” and “What the Met stages”
  17. Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Broadway production” and “Where the tourists stay”
  18. Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “What you pay to cross a bridge” and “Empire ___ Building”
  19. Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “What you leave the driver” and “Bronx animal park”
  20. Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Officer walking the beat” and “Yellow ride you flag down”
  21. Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Old brass fare piece for the turnstile” and “Famously high monthly payment here”
  22. Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ Central Terminal” and “Vessel touring the harbor”
  23. Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  24. Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ River” and “Whole pizza, to a local”
  25. Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Narrow way between buildings” and “Agency that runs the buses and trains”
  26. Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Monument in Washington Square” and “Distance between two cross streets”
  27. Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Where the ferry ties up” and “Counter for pastrami sandwiches”
  28. Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Boiled-then-baked breakfast ring” and “Very tall office building”
  29. Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ Street, home of the exchange” and “Sign saying it is safe to cross”
  30. Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Metered yellow car” and “What you leave the driver”
  31. Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  32. Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Sightseeing trip on a red bus” and “Neighborhood south of Houston Street”
  33. Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Long sandwich, in local terms” and “What impatient drivers lean on”
  34. Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Busy center of everything” and “Edge of the sidewalk”
  35. Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “___ hour, when the trains are packed” and “Sightseeing trip on a red bus”

More New York clues to try

Six more clues from the New York word list, without their answers:

  • “Bronx baseball team”
  • “Front steps of a brownstone”
  • “Roasted street-cart snack”
  • “Borough with two airports”
  • “Uptown neighborhood of the Apollo”
  • “Trip across town”

Finding New York on the theme shelf

On the front page of Theme Minis, All the themes takes you to the shelf. New York is one of 29 cards there. Open it, pick a puzzle from the list (twelve to a page), and fill in the grid at your own speed.

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All 29 themes are on the Theme Minis topics page. For a different daily game, see the Rewind trivia branches or the Stepword ladders.