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NYT Mini Crossword answers for Saturday, April 18, 2026

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A Saturday 7x7 by Joel Fagliano: GUM opens the Across clues and GRIMMER runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. What people pay Extra for?
GUM
4. Pre-meal prayer
GRACE
6. Physicist Bohr
NIELS
7. Line up a shot
AIM
8. Photo ___ (P.R. events)
OPS
10. "Zootopia," but not "Zoolander"
PGMOVIE
12. TV show with the initials "TV"
THEVIEW
13. New York Times game with weaving, interconnected answers
STRANDS

Down

1. More bleak
GRIMMER
2. Dubai's country, for short
UAE
3. Nickname of Seth and Evan's friend in "Superbad"
MCLOVIN
4. "See you in the mornin'!"
GNIGHT
5. Fancy term for "noticed"
ESPIED
7. Many N.Y.C. addresses: Abbr.
APTS
9. Uses a needle and thread
SEWS
11. Egg cells
OVA

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: GUM · GRACE · NIELS · AIM · OPS · PGMOVIE · THEVIEW · STRANDS
Down: GRIMMER · UAE · MCLOVIN · GNIGHT · ESPIED · APTS · SEWS · OVA

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