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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, May 27

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, May 27


Looking forthe most recentMini Crossword answer?Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.


Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visitCNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for May 27, 2026.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Rare U.S. bills
Answer: TWOS

5A clue: 94-foot-long model at the American Museum of Natural History
Answer: WHALE

6A clue: “Cool it, okay!”
Answer: RELAX

7A clue: Bohemian
Answer: ARTY

8A clue: Candy in a dispenser
Answer: PEZ

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: When repeated, “It’ll be all right”
Answer: THERE

2D clue: Classic ballroom dance
Answer: WALTZ

3D clue: Maker of the Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream
Answer: OLAY

4D clue: Reason for an R rating
Answer: SEX

5D clue: Tortilla sandwich
Answer: WR

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Samsung unions voted in favor of deal that will give chip workers $400,000 in bonuses – Engadget

Samsung unions voted in favor of deal that will give chip workers $400,000 in bonuses – Engadget


Bloomberg saysSamsung is slated to distribute KRW 40 trillion ($26.6 billion) for the payouts, and they average morearound $340,000 per employee based on its calculation. Regardless of the actual amount, people in Samsung’s top moneymaking division will be getting bonuses around thrice as large as their annual pay. The company will be paying out the bonuses in company stock over at least 10 years,contingent on the memory division making at least KRW 200 trillion ($133 billion) in annual profit from 2026 to 2028 and KRW 100 trillon ($66 billion) from 2029 to 2035.

The parties reached a deal a mere hour before the strike was set to begin, with help from South Korean Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon who stepped in to serve as mediator. Despite the majority voting in favor of the agreement, Bloomberg reported that the bonus structure is causing tension and fueling resentment between colleagues.

Samsung agreed to abolish worker’s bonus cs, as per the union’s demands, and to set aside 10.5 percent of its annual operating profits for the payouts. Workers in the chip division, which makes most of the company’s money, are getting 40 percent of the total bonus pool. Meanwhile, all the other divisions will have to divide the rest among themselves. Workers in Samsung’s smartphone, TV and home pliances units are only set to get around a KRW 6 million ($4,000) bonus, which is tiny compared to what the chip workers are getting. Within Samsung’s largest union, 80 percent reportedly voted for the wage agreement. But within the smaller union that represents more non-chip workers, only 21 percent voted in favor of it.

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Prime Video: 11 of the Best Sci-Fi Movies You Should Stream Right Now

Prime Video: 11 of the Best Sci-Fi Movies You Should Stream Right Now


If you’re looking for a solid sci-fi movie to stream, head on over toPrime Video. I’m serious. The Amazon-owned streamer has film selections that any genre fan would love. Though you may need to spend some time scrolling through the content pages to find what you’re looking for.

You see, for every good sci-fi movie, Prime Video is stocked with a bunch of missable ones. You may want to bypass this part of the search process altogether. Well, you’re in luck, as I did a bunch of the heavy lifting for you. Below is a roundup of sci-fi movies on the platform worth watching. Keep in mind, these titles are all included with your Prime membership, so this list has nothing to do with add-on subscriptions or the films currently available for rent.

Every flavor of science fiction is at your disposal here, with stories about alien invasions and alternate dimensions to mad doctors and dystopian futures. Scroll on to find CNET’s roundup of the best sci-fi movies currently on Prime Video. I’ll regularly update this list, so be sure to check back each month.

Read more:Netflix’s 27 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows to Stream Right Now

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John Dies at the End is based on the book by Jason Pargin (who wrote under the pen name David Wong). You could categorize this movie as sci-fi, as horror and as comedy, and you’d be correct all three times. Don Coscarelli directed the film, which follows two slacker friends who travel to other dimensions after taking a drug called Soy Sauce. Oh, and they must save the planet from monsters, aliens and inter-dimensional beasts.

  • Director: Don Coscarelli
  • Stars: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Doug Jones
  • Running time: 99 minutes

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Edgar Wright came through with a flashy remake of the ’80s cult classic. What’s different about this Running Man? There’s no Arnold Schwarzenegger or Richard Dawson, but the movie absolutely strikes a chord. And, it’s truer to the Stephen King (I mean, Richard Bachman) short story. Basically, the idea here is that it’s the future, and people love this reality TV show that follows a man who is hunted everywhere he goes. If he survives, he wins a fortune. Yeah, I’d watch that.

  • Director: Edgar Wright
  • Stars: Glen Powell, Lee Pace, Emilia Jones, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Josh Brolin
  • Running time: 134 minutes

Paramount Pictures

This sleeper sci-fi flick was a covert spinoff of monster disaster movie Cloverfield. Most of the film takes place in a bunker and follows two people who are being held ctive by a doomsday prepper convinced that the world is under attack. Spoiler: It is.

  • Director: Dan Trachtenberg
  • Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.
  • Running time: 103 minutes

Empire International Pictures

You could absolutely consider Re-Animator to be a horror movie — and it is. But the subject matter of life regeneration in this H.P. Lovecraft-inspired B-movie classic puts it in the sci-fi category, as well. It’s campy, gory and peak ’80s fun. You’re welcome.

  • Director: Stuart Gordon
  • Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
  • Running time: 86 minutes

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The Janese cult classic takes place in a dystopian reality where high school students are forced by the government to go on a killing spree against each other until there’s one survivor left. There have been a bunch of comparisons between this movie and other dystopian titles, like The Hunger Games, but Battle Royale stands the test of time for its extreme violence, dark humor and sociopolitical themes.

  • Director: Kinji Fukasaku
  • Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto
  • Running time: 114 minutes

UK Film Council

There are time loop movies, and then there’s Triangle. This is a little underdog of a movie filled with enough twists and terror to keep you invested. Heck, it burrowed itself into my brain when I first saw it in 2009 and stayed there for a while. The movie follows a woman named Jess as she struggles to survive a killer on a deserted boat. Sounds simple enough, but things go haywire rather quickly.

  • Director: Christopher Smith
  • Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman, Henry Nixon, Liam Hemsworth
  • Running time: 99 minutes

20th Century Studios

Highlander follows an immortal man named Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) who faces off in a centuries-long battle against five immortal enemies in the streets of New York City. This movie is peak ’80s sci-fi, which means if you’re looking for an action movie that leans heavily into the schlocky absurdity of the genre, this is the title for you.

  • Director: Russell Mulcahy
  • Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown
  • Running time: 111 minutes

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What if there were a pill that could turn any person into a hyperintelligent super genius? Limitless aims to answer that question. The movie stars Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra, a down-on-his-luck writer who takes the untested drug and uses it to massively level up his life. Of course, what goes up must come down, and Eddie soon finds out that sometimes, it’s best to leave mysterious meds alone.

  • Director: Neil Burger
  • Stars: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Johnny Whitworth, Andrew Howard, Hill Harper, Richard Bekins, Daniel Breaker, Robert John Burke
  • Running time: 105 minutes

Amazon Prime Video

Chris Pratt stars in this action movie that follows a group of soldiers who travel back in time to warn of a future where humanity is losing the war against an army of alien invaders. Mankind’s only hope lies in a group of would-be heroes who are tped to travel to the future in order to save the present.

  • Director: Chris McKay
  • Stars: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin, Jasmine Mathews, Sam Richardson, J.K. Simmons
  • Running time: 138 minutes

Paramount Pictures

A Quiet Place: Day One takes audiences back to the very beginning of the alien invasion. While it may not be a necessary entry in the franchise — like, say, 10 Cloverfield Lane — the movie digs its heels into the human experience amid an otherworldly cataclysmic disaster. Come for the disaster, stay for the cute cat.

  • Director: Michael Samoski
  • Stars: Joseph Quinn, Lupita Nyong’o, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Thea Butler, Denis O’Hare
  • Running time: 99 minutes

Newmarket Films

This mind-bending cult classic stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a misunderstood high schooler who, after seemingly surviving a horrific accident, begins traveling through time. In the process, he discovers the joy of being alive and in love. Themes of depression, repression and alternative universes fill this delightfully bizarre film. Also, let’s not forget that giant demon bunny named Frank.

  • Director: Richard Kelly
  • Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Seth Rogen, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle
  • Running time: 113 minutes

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Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 27, #611

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for May 27, #611


Looking for the most recentregular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.


Today’sConnections: Sports Editionpuzzle grid isfilled with a bunch of letter groups that don’t really read as words. If you’re struggling with the puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t pear in the NYT Games p, but it does in The Athletic’s own p. Or you can play it for free online.

Read more:NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Change the channel.

Green group hint: Three strikes, you’re out.

Blue group hint: Hut-hut!

Purple group hint: Not Jones.

Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Yellow group: Sports TV networks.

Green group: Baseball positions, abbreviated.

Blue group: Football positions, abbreviated.

Purple group: ____ Smith.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?

The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for May 27, 2026.

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The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is sports TV networks. The four answers are ESPN, FS1, NBA TV and NBCSN.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is baseball positions, abbreviated. The four answers are C, OF, P and SS.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is football positions, abbreviated. The four answers are CB, DT, K and TE.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is ____ Smith. The four answers are JR, Lovie, Ozzie and Stan.

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Spain blocks Polymarket and Kalshi as it investigates prediction market platforms – Engadget

Spain blocks Polymarket and Kalshi as it investigates prediction market platforms – Engadget


The Spanish government has issued an order to block the gambling platforms Polymarket and Kalshi, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The ban is being instituted as the country investigates the legality of prediction market platforms, as they operate in Spain (and everywhere else) without a gambling license.

The country’s ministry in charge of consumer affairs said it blocked the websites as a precautionary measure pending an official investigation. This investigation will determine if the platforms violate Spain’s gambling laws. It’s set to complete within the next four months and could mandate that these companies require specific administrative licenses to operate.

Kalshi and Polymarket have also been making waves on this side of the pond. Several US states have tried to regulate or outright ban prediction market platforms, with a Minnesota ban set to take place on August 1. Rhode Island, Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut, Nevada and New Jersey have all challenged the legality of such prediction markets.

However, the federal government isn’t having any of it. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has started suing states for attempting to ban or regulate prediction markets. The CFTC believes it has sole jurisdiction to regulate these platforms, and not the states. Also, remember when states rights was a thing?

Who knows why the federal government has become so enamoured with prediction markets. It is worth noting that the platforms have made headlines in recent months after suspicious activity has raised concerns of insider trading in Washington.

To that end, it’s fairly easy for anyone “in the know” to rig a Polymarket or Kalshi bet. Case in point? A US soldier has been charged with using classified information regarding the cture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro to win more than $400,000 via gambling platforms. This is what hpens when people gamble on real world events. Sporting events have official organizations and referees, but most real world situations do not.

People are people and will also influence real world events given half the chance, which is something these platforms most definitely invite. Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets in France, with the hairdryer being used to warm up a temperature sensor.

In any event, Kalshi and Polymarket are making money hand over fist. Kalshi was recently valued at $22 billion and Polymarket was recently valued at $15 billion.

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Junes PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup includes Xboxs Grounded – Engadget

Junes PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup includes Xboxs Grounded – Engadget


A Destiny 2 collection will join the Game Catalog for Extra and Premium subscribers on June 9.

Sony has revealed the games that PlayStation Plus members can claim in June and retain access to as long as their subscription remains active. There’s a very interesting name in the mix this time in the she of Grounded (PS4 and PS5), which is from the Xbox-owned studio Obsidian Entertainment.

The Honey, IShrunk The Kids-esque survival title — which left early access on Xbox and PC in fall 2022 — hit PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch in ril 2024 after Microsoft loosened its grip on first-party game exclusivity. The Xbox division’s new leadership team is said to be reassessing that strategy.

The other two PS Plus Monthly games for June are Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 2 (PS4 and PS5) and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (PS5). The former is a platform fighting game that features a mix of Nickelodeon characters. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a first-person shooter that’s billed as a spiritual successor to the Warhammer: Vermintide series.

All three games will be available for PS Plus users to claim starting on June 2. You’ll still have until then to snag two of May’s games, Nine Sols and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.

The other PS Plus Monthly game from May, EA Sports FC 26, is remaining in the mix a bit longer than usual. You have until June 16 to claim that one. Sony notes EA Sports FC 26 is getting an update on June 4 that will add an international tournament mode featuring 48 national teams. A cynic might be inclined to believe EA is looking to citalize on a certain FIFA-branded international soccer tournament that’s coming up.

Sony also revealed the first June addition to the PS Plus Game Catalog for Extra and Premium subscribers. Destiny 2: Legacy Collection will be available on June 9 — the same day that Bungie will release the final update for the long-running game as it winds down active development. While the base version of Destiny 2 is free-to-play, this bundle includes all the expansions up until 2024’s The Final She, which wrped up the main storyline. The final two expansions from last year, The Edge of Fate and Renegades, are not included in the Legacy Collection.

Meanwhile, Sony announced the latest Days of Play sale will start on May 27 and run through June 10. It will feature discounts on accessories (such as $100 off a PlayStation VR2 headset) and games including Ghost of Yōtei, Helldivers 2, Death Stranding 2 and The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered. There are also discounts on PS Plus memberships for new subscribers and those upgrading to a higher tier. However, it seems like consoles aren’t included in the sale this time following the recent price hike.

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