Spoilers for the Monday, April 28, 2025 NYT Mini: the answers confirmed by clue-specific guides are DISH for 1-Across, ALLEY for 6-Across, and MOOD for 7-Across. The remaining clues are listed below, but their answers are not independently confirmed here.
Confirmed answers for April 28, 2025
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1-Across: “Chef’s creation” | DISH |
| 6-Across: “Section of a tennis court used when playing doubles” | ALLEY |
| 7-Across: “State of mind” | MOOD |
These entries are supported by clue-specific answer pages in Try Hard Guides’ April 28, 2025 NYT Mini answer guide, published the day before the puzzle.
Other clues in the puzzle
The guide lists five Across and five Down clues. The entries for the following clues are not confirmed by the available clue-specific pages, so they are not presented as solved answers:
Across
- 5-Across: “Iconic Madonna hit of 1990”
- 8-Across: “Not amateur”
Down
- 1-Down: “Rarely-used word meaning ‘sadness’”
- 2-Down: “Snow place like home?”
- 3-Down: “Went after in court”
- 4-Down: “‘Yo’”
- 5-Down: “Fill time on stage”
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