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The NYT Mini Crossword puzzle completed for April 11, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini 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
