Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, April 5
Gael Cooper·2026-04-05·via CNET
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 5.
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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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for April 5, 2026.
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Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Contents of an Easter basket Answer: EGGS
5A clue: Check out the contents of someone else's medicine cabinet, say Answer: SNOOP
6A clue: Menzel of Broadway Answer: IDINA
7A clue: Carrier of an Easter basket Answer: BUNNY
8A clue: Org. for Rory McIlroy Answer: PGA
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Turn out to be Answer: ENDUP
2D clue: "Where do you think you're ___?" Answer: GOING
3D clue: About to, slangily Answer: GONNA
4D clue: Sterilize, as a cat Answer: SPAY
5D clue: Brother or sister, for short Answer: SIB
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
