NYT Mini Crossword - May 7, 2025

1. Ovechkin who broke Wayne Gretzky's N.H.L. goals record

5. Stand-in

6. Industry for marketing professionals, informally

7. Poe, Pope or Pound

8. Org. that really ought to give you a break?

1. Intense passion

2. Parts of ears and brains

3. Glowing sign in a movie theater

4. End of the alphabet

5. Spanish term of endearment