If you’re stuck on today’s New York Times Mini Crossword, our answer guide for April 11, 2025 is here to help you complete the puzzle. The NYT Mini Crossword is a quick and compact version of the well-known daily crossword. While it’s shorter in length, it still offers a fun and brain-stimulating challenge for puzzle lovers. Designed for those who enjoy solving crosswords without spending too much time, the Mini is available both online and in print, maintaining a similar difficulty level to the full-sized version.
To make things easier, we’ve listed all the clues from the April 11 puzzle below, along with their answers. This format allows you to search for specific clues without accidentally revealing solutions to others you’re still working on. Simply browse the list and find the hints you need help with!
1A Bad things to see tumbling down a mountain on their own NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1:TUMBLING (noun)
- The gymnastic moves of an acrobat
Answer:
[spoiler]SKIS[/spoiler]
Hint 2: MOUNTAIN (noun)
- A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
- (Often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
5A When repeated, “If ya know what I mean …” NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: (noun)
- A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
Answer:
[spoiler]WINK[/spoiler]
Hint 2: (verb)
- Keep back by blinking
- Gleam or glow intermittently
6A When repeated, “If ya know what I mean …” NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: REPEATED (adjective)
- Recurring again and again
Answer:
[spoiler]NUDGE[/spoiler]
7A Provide funding for NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: FUNDING (noun)
- Financial resources provided to make some project possible
- The act of financing
Answer:
[spoiler]ENDOW[/spoiler]
Hint 2: PROVIDE (verb)
- Give something useful or necessary to
- Supply means of subsistence; earn a living
8A Quartet of awards won by Whoopi Goldberg, for short NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: GOLDBERG (noun)
- United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
Answer:
[spoiler]EGOT[/spoiler]
Hint 2: QUARTET (noun)
- Four people considered as a unit
- A musical composition for four performers
1D Successfully pulled off, as a deal NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: DEAL (noun)
- An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Answer:
[spoiler]SWUNG[/spoiler]
Hint 2: DEAL (verb)
- Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
2D Li’l tyke NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: TYKE (noun)
- A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
- A young person of either sex
Answer:
[spoiler]KIDDO[/spoiler]
3D Gold brick NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: BRICK (noun)
- A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
- Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
Answer:
[spoiler]INGOT[/spoiler]
Hint 2: GOLD (noun)
- A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
- A deep yellow color
4D Distort, as data NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: DISTORT (verb)
- Twist and press out of shape
- Form into a spiral shape
Answer:
[spoiler]SKEW[/spoiler]
Hint 2: DATA (noun)
- A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
6D French word before a maiden name NYT Crossword Clue
Hint 1: FRENCH (noun)
- The people of France
- United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
Answer:
[spoiler]NEE[/spoiler]
Hint 2: FRENCH (adjective)
- Of or pertaining to France or the people of France
