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The NYT Mini Crossword puzzle completed for April 29, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini through clues and answers
1 Hint: Notoriously Antisocial Pets
Answer: CATS
5A clue: ___ Sun (drink in pouch)
Solution: CAPRI
6 Hint: Extremely Excited
Solution: AMPE
7 Hint: All-Out Combat
Solution: MELÉE
8A Hint: The Author of “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Answer: POE
Mini-clues and answers
Clue 1D: brief appearance in a film
Answer: CAMEO
2D index: it does not fall far from 3-Down, in an idiom
Answer: APPLE
3D index: see 2-Down
Answer: TREE
4D clue: heads or tails
Answer: SIDE
Clue 5D: Spend a few nights in the woods, maybe
Solution: CAMP
