Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, April 7
Gael Cooper·2026-04-07·via CNET
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 7.
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 7, 2026.
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Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Informative commercial, for short Answer: PSA
4A clue: Something you trace to draw a Thanksgiving turkey Answer: HAND
5A clue: ___ Johnson, former Prime Minister of the U.K. Answer: BORIS
6A clue: Opposite of include Answer: OMIT
7A clue: Crosses (out) Answer: XES
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: City with the Notre-Dame Cathedral Answer: PARIS
2D clue: Bad mood Answer: SNIT
3D clue: About eight minutes of the average half-hour sitcom Answer: ADS
4D clue: Remote worker's office, perhaps Answer: HOME
5D clue: Word that can follow each group of circled letters (and hints at its shape) Answer: BOX
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
