NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, April 14, 2025

The NYT Mini Crossword for Monday, April 14, 2025, is reported to have these answers: CRUST, HUNKY, UNCAP, NOLTE and KNEES across; CHUNK, RUNON, UNCLE, SKATE and TYPES down. The date is 2025—not 2026, when April 14 fell on a Tuesday. The answers below come from The Economic Times’ dated report; the NYT archive could not be checked directly.

Hints for the April 14 Mini

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Across

• 1 Across: Uneaten part of toast, often
• 6 Across: Like stud muffins
• 7 Across: Prepare for use, as a marker
• 8 Across: Nick of “48 Hrs.”
• 9 Across: Strike zone’s lower boundary

Down

• 1 Down: Alternative to a chip, in the baking aisle
• 2 Down: Kind of sentence that keeps going and going
• 3 Down: Cousin’s dad
• 4 Down: Spin out on the ice, say
• 5 Down: Uses a keyboard

Full answers — spoilers

Stop here if you are still solving. The following list reveals every reported entry.

Across

1. 1 Across: CRUST
2. 6 Across: HUNKY
3. 7 Across: UNCAP
4. 8 Across: NOLTE
5. 9 Across: KNEES

Down

1. 1 Down: CHUNK
2. 2 Down: RUNON
3. 3 Down: UNCLE
4. 4 Down: SKATE
5. 5 Down: TYPES

The Economic Times prints RUNON as a single entry. Its dated report provides the clues and answers together: The Economic Times’ April 14, 2025 answer report.

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About this date

The weekday in the title points to April 14, 2025. April 14, 2026 was a Tuesday, so answers for that date should not be confused with this Monday puzzle. The Mini is described in the cited report as a compact five-by-five grid.

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