The NYT Mini for Monday, April 28, 2025 has five Across answers and five Down answers. This is the Monday puzzle from 2025; April 28, 2026 fell on a Tuesday. Spoiler warning: the complete solutions are below.
Across clues and answers
- 1 Across: “Chef’s creation” — DISH
- 5 Across: “Iconic Madonna hit of 1990” — VOGUE
- 6 Across: “Section of a tennis court used when playing doubles” — ALLEY
- 7 Across: “State of mind” — MOOD
- 8 Across: “Not amateur” — PRO
Down clues and answers
- 1 Down: “Rarely-used word meaning ‘sadness’” — DOLOR
- 2 Down: “Snow place like home?” — IGLOO
- 3 Down: “Went after in court” — SUED
- 4 Down: “Yo” — HEY
- 5 Down: “Fill time on stage” — VAMP
Two wordplay clues
“Snow place like home?”
The clue plays on the familiar phrase “there’s no place like home”; its snowy home is an IGLOO.
“Fill time on stage”
To VAMP is to improvise or repeat material to fill time during a performance.
About the daily puzzle and archive access
Parade and Forbes describe the Mini as a compact daily crossword and report that daily play is free, while access to archived puzzles requires an NYT Games subscription. That access information is source-reported and has not been independently confirmed against current NYT product terms.
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