Answers to today’s NYT mini crossword for April 11 – CNET

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Mini through clues and answers

1A clue: NBA team that plays at MSG
Answer: KNICKS

7 Hint: A Guy With A Nerdy, Passionate Interest
Solution: FANBOY

8 Hint: Roughly Merges
Solution: CUTSIN

9A hint: standard number of pins
Answer: TEN

10A clue: an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance
Solution: BIGEGO

13A clue: Arrived by plane
Solution: FLEWIN

14A clue: historic achievements, perhaps
Answer: FIRST

Mini-clues and answers

Clue 1D: Colonel Sanders’ Fast Food Chain
Answer: KFC

Clue 2D: Molluscs with spiral shells
Solution: NAUTILI

3D index: 1, 2 or 3, but not 1.23
Answer: WHOLE

Index 4D: producer of “60 Minutes”
Answer: CBSNEWS

Clue 5D: Colorful Pond Fish
Answer: KOI

Index 6D: Thesaurus list: Abbr.
Answer: SYN

10D Clue: Closest Buddy, for short
Answer: best friend

Clue 11D: “Come on, ___!” » (“Scram!”)
Answer: GIT

Index 12D: the opposite of offs
Answer: NSO