NYT Mini Crossword Answers April 17, 2025

Across
1 Person, ___ or thing
🧍 Part of a legal trio.
📍 Often mentioned with “person” and “thing.”
🌍 A physical location.

6 Like someone you shouldn’t trust with fragile objects
🤕 Always bumping into things.
💥 A danger to delicate stuff.
😅 Opposite of graceful.

7 A time to dye?
🐣 Associated with bunnies and eggs.
🌸 Spring celebration.
🎨 Popular for colorful egg decorating.

8 Dangle a carrot in front of
🥕 Motivate with a reward.
👀 Tempt into action.
😋 Tease with something desirable.

9 Class for a cognitive science major, for short
🧠 Study of the mind.
🎓 Short for a college subject.
📘 Deals with mental health.

Down
1 Activities on the docket
📅 Scheduled items.
📝 To-do list contents.
🤝 Plans in the works.

2 Full of sexual desire
🔥 Very passionate.
😏 Suggestive and steamy.
❤️ Full of longing.

3 Commonly cobwebby room
🏚️ Often dusty and unused.
📦 Storage for old things.
🕸️ Spiders love it.

4 From Prague, say
🌍 European identity.
🇨🇿 Associated with the Czech Republic.
🛫 What you’d call someone from Prague.

5 Jane in classic literature
📖 Heroine with a strong will.
🏫 Lived at Thornfield Hall.
🕯️ Written by Charlotte Brontë.

6 Not get rid of
📦 Continue to hold.
🔒 Refuse to throw away.
🛑 Opposite of discard.