Looking for the most recent Mini 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? When you solve it, the puzzle makes a colorful shape and spells out a very California phrase. 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 visit CNET’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 April 4, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. Mini across clues and answers. 1A clue: Like this lyric: “My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry”. Answer: EMO. 4A clue: Scrooge’s cry before “humbug”. Answer: BAH. 7A clue: “___ appetit!”. Answer: BON. 8A clue: “Te ___” (“I love you,” in Spanish). Answer: AMO. 9A clue: Use camouflage. Answer: BLENDIN. 11A clue: Big name in fluorescent paint. Answer: DAYGLO. 12A clue: Transmission setting for a steep hill, maybe. Answer: LOWGEAR. 13A clue: Egg cells. Answer: OVA. 14A clue: GPS suggestion: Abbr.. Answer: RTE. 15A clue: Like many Grindr users. Answer: GAY. 16A clue: Go on dates with. Answer: SEE. Mini down clues and answers. 1D clue: Recede, as the tide. Answer: EBB. 2D clue: Country between Ukraine and Romania. Answer: MOLDOVA. 3D clue: Message in Connections when you almost get the category, but not quite. Answer: ONEAWAY. 4D clue: Mammals whose name is a synonym of “pesters”. Answer: BADGERS. 5D clue: “Sorry, has the meeting started already?”. Answer: AMILATE. 6D clue: Award recipient. Answer: HONOREE. 10D clue: The N.F.L.’s Giants, on scoreboards. Answer: NYG. 12D clue: Makeshift seat at a campfire. Answer: LOG
