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Here are the clues and answers for the NYT Mini Crossword published for Sunday, April 13, 2025. This is a date-specific guide to that puzzle, not today’s puzzle for a different year.
Across clues and answers
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | State sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson | UVA |
| 4 | Flower containers | POTS |
| 6 | “Crib” or “pad” for “house” | SLANG |
| 8 | Pants, informally | TROU |
| 9 | Company nicknamed “Big Blue” | IBM |
Down clues and answers
| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Company nicknamed “Big Brown” | UPS |
| 2 | What “V” stands for on a battery | VOLT |
| 3 | Big name in 1980s arcade games | ATARI |
| 5 | Stuck-up sort | SNOB |
| 7 | Big Red, e.g. | GUM |
What connects the clues?
Forbes writer Erik Kain described the puzzle as mixing nicknames and slang: IBM is “Big Blue,” while TROU is an informal answer for pants. That is the writer’s reading of the puzzle, not an official NYT theme label. Kain reported solving it in 1:22; that is his personal time, not a general solving-time benchmark. Forbes, April 12, 2025 (updated April 13).
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