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Need help with the Thursday, April 3, 2025 New York Times Mini Crossword? Start with the hints below, then open the answer key when you’re ready. The puzzle has five Across and five Down entries.
Hints for the April 3 Mini
Try the straightforward definitions first; their crossing letters can help with the two restaurant-name puns.
Across
- 1 Across: A familiar phrase meaning “go to bed.”
- 5 Across: A food that makes the sub/shish-kebab restaurant name misleading.
- 6 Across: A food that makes the taco/pasta restaurant name misleading.
- 7 Across: Certain sports bets.
- 8 Across: Another way to say “cooped” in.
Down
- 1 Down: Almost too sophisticated and charming.
- 2 Down: An upscale Colorado skiing destination.
- 3 Down: A word that follows both “bar” and “pie.”
- 4 Down: A smooch.
- 5 Down: The word on an eight-sided traffic sign.
Answers
Across
- 1 Across — SACK: “Hit the sack” means go to bed.
- 5 Across — SUSHI: The food in the deliberately misleading sub/shish-kebab restaurant name.
- 6 Across — TAPAS: The food in the deliberately misleading taco/pasta restaurant name.
- 7 Across — OVERS: A type of sports bet.
- 8 Across — PENT: Cooped in.
Down
- 1 Down — SUAVE: Sophisticated and charming.
- 2 Down — ASPEN: The Colorado skiing destination.
- 3 Down — CHART: As in “bar chart” or “pie chart.”
- 4 Down — KISS: A smooch.
- 5 Down — STOP: The word on a stop sign.
How to get unstuck
When a clue is opaque, fill in short, direct definitions first and use their crossing letters to narrow down the wordplay entries. The New York Times Help Center says solvers can use the lifesaver icon to check or reveal a square, an answer, or the entire puzzle. The NYT Crossword Puzzles Help Center also describes printing puzzle and solution PDFs from the Crossword Archive, including large-print and left-handed layouts. Its solving guide is described as including 13 free Mini puzzles for practice; that does not mean it contains this dated puzzle.
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