NYT Mini Crossword Answers April 30, 2025

Across
1 Picture holder (Answer: FRAME)
🖼️ 5 letters, starts with F, ends with E
📸 Surrounds a photo
🪟 Can also be made of wood or metal
🖼️ Used for art
🏠 Hung on walls
🎨 Often decorative
🔲 Can be square or oval
📏 Provides structure
🪚 Used in carpentry too
🧱 Supports windows

6 New spin on an old song (Answer: REMIX)
🎶 5 letters, starts with R, ends with X
🎧 DJ specialty
🔄 Updated track
📀 Not the original version
🎵 Dancefloor favorite
🛠️ Often features new beats
🎤 Can include different vocals
🎼 Club version
🎚️ May change tempo
📱 Shared on music apps

7 Cream of the crop (Answer: ELITE)
🏆 5 letters, starts with E, ends with E
🥇 Best of the best
🎓 Ivy League type
💼 High-ranking
🏅 Top tier
💪 Superior in skill
🎯 Exclusive group
📈 High performers
🎖️ Often admired
⚔️ Rare in number

8 Hobbes in “Calvin and Hobbes,” for one (Answer: TIGER)
🐯 5 letters, starts with T, ends with R
📘 Comic strip character
🧸 Calvin’s imaginary friend
🦁 Big cat species
🌳 Jungle dweller
🎨 Drawn by Bill Watterson
🐾 Orange with black stripes
🛌 Sometimes a stuffed animal
🎭 Full of wisdom and fun
🏃 Agile creature

9 Profit = revenue – ___ (Answer: COST)
💰 4 letters, starts with C, ends with T
📉 Business term
💸 Opposite of income
🛒 Associated with spending
📊 Impacts profit
📦 Production expense
💵 What you pay
🏷️ Includes materials and labor
📈 Needs to be tracked
📑 On every invoice

Down
1 Agonize (over) (Answer: FRET)
😟 4 letters, starts with F, ends with T
🧠 Worry a lot
💭 Overthink
😰 Feel anxious
🌀 Mental turmoil
😓 Stew over something
🙇 Lose sleep over
🗯️ Internal panic
🙁 Emotional distress
💬 Synonym of brood

2 Item in Indiana Jones’s satchel, perhaps (Answer: RELIC)
🏺 5 letters, starts with R, ends with C
📜 Ancient object
🏛️ Found in museums
🔍 Archaeologist’s prize
⚱️ Sacred or historic item
🌍 Tied to history
🔔 Sometimes religious
🗿 Often centuries old
🧳 Hidden treasure
🧭 Clue in a quest

3 Compadre (Answer: AMIGO)
🤝 5 letters, starts with A, ends with O
🇲🇽 Spanish for friend
👬 Close buddy
🗣️ Common in Westerns
👋 Someone you greet warmly
💬 Conversational partner
🎉 Party pal
🛠️ Reliable companion
🎶 Used in songs
🏇 Latin American term

4 Itty-bitty biters (Answer: MITES)
🦟 5 letters, starts with M, ends with S
🧫 Tiny arachnids
🐾 Microscopic pests
👃 Cause sneezing
🛏️ Live in beds or dust
🔬 Hard to see
🌾 Found in soil
🐜 Can be harmful to plants
😣 Irritate skin
🧴 Need anti-itch cream

5 Wield, as influence (Answer: EXERT)
💪 5 letters, starts with E, ends with T
🔧 Apply pressure
🧠 Use power
📢 Assert control
🛠️ Put to use
🧭 Command force
💼 Leadership action
⚖️ Exercise authority
🏋️ Physical or mental
🧱 Push forward