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The NYT Mini Crossword puzzle completed for April 4, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini through clues and answers
1A clue: Like these words: “My heart is yours to fill it or burst it / To break it or bury it or wear it as jewelry”
Answer: OME
4A clue: Scrooge’s cry before “humbug”
Answer: BAH
7A clue: “___ appetite!”
Answer: GOOD
8A clue: “Te ___” (“I love you”, in Spanish)
Answer: AMO
9 Hint: Use Camouflage
Solution: BLENDIN
11A clue: A big name in fluorescent paint
Solution: DAYGLO
12Hint: Transmission tuning for a steep hill, maybe
Solution: LOWGEAR
13A clue: eggs
Answer: OVA
14A clue: GPS suggestion: Abbr.
Answer: RTE
15A Hint: Like Many Grindr Users
Answer: GAY
16 Hint: Date
Answer: SEE
Mini-clues and answers
Clue 1D: Retreat, like the tide
Answer: EBB
2D Index: Countries between Ukraine and Romania
Solution: MOLDOVA
3D Hint: Message in Connections when you almost get the category, but not quite
Solution: ONEWAY
Clue 4D: Mammals whose name is synonymous with “pests”
Solution: BADGER
Hint 5D: “Sorry, has the meeting already started?” »
Solution: AMILATER
6D Index: Prize Winner
Answer: HONORED
Clue 10D: The NFL Giants, on the scoreboards
Answer: NYG
Clue 12D: Makeshift seat near a campfire
Answer: LOG
