Iowa State Clue in the New York Times Mini 5/29/25

[ISUCyclones2015]

Did the daily mini today and was pleasently surprised by one of the clues today!

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4 Down: Sch. not far from Des Moines

 

[Proton]

Did you really complete this in twenty seconds?

 

[Sigmapolis]

Did you really complete this in twenty seconds?

Hey now sometimes you get excited happens to many young men.

 

[jcf817]

Abu, too?

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Did you really complete this in twenty seconds?

I complete most of them between 20-45sec. Fastest was 11 I think. Every once in a while I get a stumper 2min one though.

 

[GMackey32]

I complete most of them between 20-45sec. Fastest was 11 I think. Every once in a while I get a stumper 2min one though.

Yeah once you figure out how the cursor moves in the mini, you can fly through them.

 

[Jeffrey Scott]

NIce to see that today. My wife and I have a competition with Wordle. We agree on a first word, then see who can solve it with the fewest number of guesses. Just makes it more interesting.

 

[isucyfan]

I'm a full NYT Crossword guy. The mini just isn't substantial enough for me. I'm a bit obsessed...my streak is actually much longer than shown due to a glitch that happened. Here's my nerd cred:

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I'm a full NYT Crossword guy. The mini just isn't substantial enough for me. I'm a bit obsessed...my streak is actually much longer than shown due to a glitch that happened. Here's my nerd cred: View attachment 150230

What's your average completion time for a full one? I'm between 10-20min most days (Sundays sometimes much longer) but don't do them nearly enough

 

[Cyched]

 

[isucyfan]

What's your average completion time for a full one? I'm between 10-20min most days (Sundays sometimes much longer) but don't do them nearly enough

Depends on the day, since they get harder throughout the week. Here's are my averages and best times: