Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for April 4

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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? When you solve it, the puzzle makes a colorful shape and spells out a very California phrase. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Like this lyric: “My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry”
Answer: EMO

4A clue: Scrooge’s cry before “humbug”
Answer: BAH

7A clue: “___ appetit!”
Answer: BON

8A clue: “Te ___” (“I love you,” in Spanish)
Answer: AMO

9A clue: Use camouflage
Answer: BLENDIN

11A clue: Big name in fluorescent paint
Answer: DAYGLO

12A clue: Transmission setting for a steep hill, maybe
Answer: LOWGEAR

13A clue: Egg cells
Answer: OVA

14A clue: GPS suggestion: Abbr.
Answer: RTE

15A clue: Like many Grindr users
Answer: GAY

16A clue: Go on dates with
Answer: SEE

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Recede, as the tide
Answer: EBB

2D clue: Country between Ukraine and Romania
Answer: MOLDOVA

3D clue: Message in Connections when you almost get the category, but not quite
Answer: ONEAWAY

4D clue: Mammals whose name is a synonym of “pesters”
Answer: BADGERS

5D clue: “Sorry, has the meeting started already?”
Answer: AMILATE

6D clue: Award recipient
Answer: HONOREE

10D clue: The N.F.L.’s Giants, on scoreboards
Answer: NYG

12D clue: Makeshift seat at a campfire
Answer: LOG

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