NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today: Clues/Hints April 2, 2025

* The answer to a clue at times could be staring you in the face, and by taking a pause and mulling a bit, you should be able to find it. Where today’s answers are concerned, they are in our NYT Mini Crossword Answers Today.  

Many a time, when you solve an NYT Mini Crossword puzzle, you will come across clues that you will not be able to make head or tail of. But you must remember that everyone does not know everything. So, instead of feeling down, you can see it as an opportunity to expand your knowledge base and learn about topics often covered in The Mini, like animation. 

Note: NYT Mini Crossword puzzles for Monday to Saturday are released at 10 p.m. EST the previous day. And the Sunday puzzle is released at 6 p.m. EST on Saturday.

How To Play NYT Mini Crossword

You will be required to follow the clues for the Across and Down columns and enter letters in the white squares that will help you form words or phrases that overlap each other.

How will you know whether you have finished the puzzle?

If you finish a puzzle, you will hear a music and see a congratulatory message on your screen. If you do not see a message even on filling up the entire grid, it means there is an incorrect entry somewhere. A blue star signifies the end of an NYT Mini Crossword.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Arrow keys - It is with the arrow keys that you can choose a new direction within a square, move in the direction pointed by an arrow, and jump to either the first square in a word or the next clue.

Spacebar - With spacebar, you can switch between Across and Down columns.

Backspace (Delete on Macs) - It helps you remove one or more letters from a word.

Tab - It lets you move to the next clue.

Shift + Tab - With this keyboard shortcut, you can return to the previous clue.

Escape - The Escape button allows you to enter the Rebus mode and fill in multiple letters in a box.

NYT Mini Crossword is generally in the default pen mode wherein the letters are black in color. As you select the pencil icon, you will enter the pencil mode and the color of the letters will turn from black to gray. And the one that you confirm with Check will be blue in color.