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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Thursday, April 9, 2026

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A Thursday 5x5 by Tracy Bennett: CLOG opens the Across clues and CROC runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. Slip-on shoe ... or something you don't want in your bathtub
CLOG
5. Ancient artifact
RELIC
7. In a most unusual way
ODDLY
8. Springs in a mattress
COILS
9. Raven's haven
NEST

Down

1. Slip-on shoe .. or something you really don't want in your bathtub
CROC
2. Strung along
LEDON
3. Boomer's bop, nowadays
OLDIE
4. Breathing organs for fish
GILLS
6. Fluid-filled lump
CYST

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: CLOG · RELIC · ODDLY · COILS · NEST
Down: CROC · LEDON · OLDIE · GILLS · CYST

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