Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for April 18

Looking for most recent Answer to mini crosswords? Click here for today’s mini crossword clues, plus our daily answers and hints for Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles from The New York Times.

Need help with today’s mini crosswords? It’s a very long match, as always on Saturday, and some clues are tricky. But if you play all the other New York Times games, 13-Across will be easy. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some daily solving tips and tricks, check out our mini crossword tips.

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Let’s move on to these mini crossword clues and answers.

Mini through clues and answers

1Hint: What do people pay Extra for?
Answer: GUM

4A clue: prayer before the meal
Solution: GRACE

6A clue: the physicist Bohr
Answer: NIELS

7A Hint: Line Up a Plan
Answer: OBJECTIVE

8A Hint: Photo ___ (PR Events)
Answer: OPS

10A clue: “Zootopia”, but not “Zoolander”
Solution: PGMOVIE

12A clue: TV show with the initials “TV”
Answer: THEVIEW

13A clue: The New York Times game with woven and interconnected answers
Answer: STRANDS

Mini-clues and answers

1D Index: Darker
Solution: GRIMMER

2D Clue: The Land of Dubai, for short
Answer: United Arab Emirates

3D clue: nickname of Seth and Evan’s friend in “Superbad”
Solution: MCLOVIN

Clue 4D: “See you tomorrow morning!” »
Answer: GNUIT

5D Index: Fancy term for “noticed”
Answer: SPY

Index 7D: Many addresses in New York: Abbr.
Answer: APTS

Clue 9D: Uses a needle and thread
Solution: SEWS

Index 11D: oocytes
Answer: OVA