Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, April 3
Gael Cooper·2026-04-03·via CNET
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 3.
CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.
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Co-author of two Gen X pop-culture encyclopedia for Penguin Books. Won "Headline Writer of the Year" award for 2017, 2014 and 2013 from the American Copy Editors Society. Won first place in headline writing from the 2013 Society for Features Journalism.
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9A clue: Tumbled down ... or a season in the past tense? Answer: FELL
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: "Be quiet!" Answer: SHH
2D clue: Sound of disappearance Answer: POOF
3D clue: Memorization technique based on repetition Answer: ROTE
4D clue: "C'mon, be ___" ("Help me out") Answer: APAL
5D clue: Astronaut Armstrong Answer: NEIL
6D clue: Dog's warning Answer: GRR
CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.See full bio
