NYT Mini Crossword Clues for April 18, 2026

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Author: NYT Mini team Editor: Joel Fagliano

Across Clues

1A

What people pay Extra for? 3 letters / Mini

GUM Reveal Hide

4A

Pre-meal prayer 5 letters / Mini

GRACE Reveal Hide

6A

Physicist Bohr 5 letters / Mini

NIELS Reveal Hide

7A

Line up a shot 3 letters / Mini

AIM Reveal Hide

8A

Photo ___ (P.R. events) 3 letters / Mini

OPS Reveal Hide

10A

"Zootopia," but not "Zoolander" 7 letters / Mini

PGMOVIE Reveal Hide

12A

TV show with the initials "TV" 7 letters / Mini

THEVIEW Reveal Hide

13A

New York Times game with weaving, interconnected answers 7 letters / Mini

STRANDS Reveal Hide

Down Clues

1D

More bleak 7 letters / Mini

GRIMMER Reveal Hide

2D

Dubai's country, for short 3 letters / Mini

UAE Reveal Hide

3D

Nickname of Seth and Evan's friend in "Superbad" 7 letters / Mini

MCLOVIN Reveal Hide

4D

"See you in the mornin'!" 6 letters / Mini

GNIGHT Reveal Hide

5D

Fancy term for "noticed" 6 letters / Mini

ESPIED Reveal Hide

7D

Many N.Y.C. addresses: Abbr. 4 letters / Mini

APTS Reveal Hide

9D

Uses a needle and thread 4 letters / Mini

SEWS Reveal Hide

11D

Egg cells 3 letters / Mini

OVA Reveal Hide