Minute Crossword Answers — May 18, 2026

1. Backup singers, for short

5. Full of gossip, as a tabloid story

7. Italian herbal liqueur

8. Pertaining to the kidneys

9. Western military alliance, in brief

1. Slightly open, as a door

2. Unit of luminous flux

3. Disney princess of 'The Princess and the Frog'

4. Acorn-obsessed critter of 'Ice Age'

6. Carpe diem cousin, in texts?