NYT Mini Crossword answers

Thursday, July 4, 2024

1. Fireworks show exclamations

   • Likely answer: oohs.

2. Italy's shape

   • Likely answer: boot.

3. Polynesian island nation

   • Likely answer: Samoa.

4. Like a proverbial "nest" once the kids go to college

   • Likely answer: empty.

5. Fireworks show exclamations

   • Likely answer: aahs.

DOWN

1. President who wrote the memoir "A Promised Land"

   • Likely answer: Obama.

2. That little extra something

   • Likely answer: oomph.

3. Sounds from an owl

   • Likely answer: hoots.

4. "Don't go!"

   • Likely answer: stay.

5. "From ___ to shining ___"

   • Likely answer: sea.

ACROSS

1. oohs.
2. boot.
3. Samoa.
4. empty.
5. aahs.

DOWN

1. Obama.
2. oomph.
3. hoots.
4. stay.
5. sea.