‘NYT Mini' Clues And Answers For Monday, April 7
Mini Crossword
The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.
Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you'll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.
The NYT Mini is a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I try to beat the standard weekday grid in less than a minute. But sometimes I can't quite figure out one or two clues and need to reveal the answer.
To help you avoid doing that, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers (spoilers lie ahead, of course):
1) Price to pay - COST
5) The five unique letters of THE AREA HERE, fittingly - EARTH
6) Uncomfortable thing to witness a couple do in public - ARGUE
7) Gwen ___, Spider-Woman's alter ego in the "Spider-Verse" movies - STACY
8) Give a tug - YANK
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1) Magna ___ - CARTA
2) Instrument played at the ballpark - ORGAN
3) In need of a hint - STUCK
4) Nonbinary pronoun - THEY
5) Difficulty level for a newbie gamer - EASY
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A lot of interesting clues in here. I do love that Gwen Stacy, a Spider-Man character who first appeared in 1965, is now best known for being voiced by Hailee Steinfeld in Into the Spider-Verse, but hey, whatever. The EARTH clue was clever and definitely took me more than a minute to parse out. I still don't think I fully understood it. You might say I was…stuck.
I think it's a pretty good puzzle today, not incredibly hard, not super easy, but a good blend of them both. It's rare to see it hit that sweet spot, but it's always nice when it does. We will see how tomorrow's puzzle stacks up by comparison.
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