NYT Mini Crossword Answers April 6, 2025

Across
1 Nibble : food :: ___ : drink
🥤 A small sip of soda.
👄 A gentle mouthful.
🍷 Often taken with wine.

4 Like a kid doodling in class, maybe
✏️ Scribbling aimlessly.
😴 Mind not in the lesson.
🛋️ Wishing to be anywhere else.

6 Popular Disney+ show about a family of Australian cattle dogs
🐶 Animated Aussie family.
📺 Preschool fan favorite.
🎨 Features Blue Heeler pups.

7 Fill in, as a puzzle
🧠 Use your brain.
📝 Complete the blanks.
🧩 What solvers love to do.

8 Perceive
👁️ With your eyes.
🧠 Mentally understand.
🔭 What you might do with stars.

Down
1 Some first-chair performances in an orchestra
🎻 Often a violinist.
🎼 Solo spotlight moment.
🎶 Played with finesse.

2 “Go me!”
💪 Boost of confidence.
👑 Feeling victorious.
🎉 Self-celebratory cheer.

3 Flamboyant
✨ Flashy and bold.
🎭 Theatrical in style.
💃 Loves to stand out.

3 Loud chewing or talking during a movie, e.g.
😡 Annoying cinema behavior.
🎬 Breaks the immersion.
🙄 Often earns a shush.

4 Ammo for a Red Ryder rifle
🔫 Classic toy shooter.
⚪ Small round projectiles.
🎯 Used for target practice.

5 Part of an Easter egg kit
🎨 Adds color.
🥚 Applied to eggs.
🖌️ Often mixed with vinegar.

7 1/16 of a cup: Abbr.
🥄 Kitchen abbreviation.
📏 Tiny measurement.
🍽️ Often used in recipes.