NYT Mini Crossword Answers April 24, 2025

Across
1 Tiny cotton swab (Answer: QTIP)
🧼 4 letters, starts with Q, ends with P
👂 Used for ears
🧪 Also for cleaning gadgets
🩹 Small and soft
👃 Don’t put it too deep!
💄 Makeup fix tool
🎨 Handy for detail work
🧴 Hygiene product
🖌️ Precision cleaner
🚼 Baby-safe brand
🧫 Swab tool in labs

5 Leaves on the stove too long (Answer: BURNS)
🔥 5 letters, starts with B, ends with S
🥘 Overcooked result
🥵 Charred leftovers
👃 Bad kitchen smell
⏲️ Forgot to turn off
🍗 Blackened edges
🚫 Not edible
👨‍🍳 Cooking fail
🥄 What smoke alarms fear
😬 Food crime
🔥 Kitchen oops

6 They’re used to hunt and peck (Answer: BEAKS)
🦜 5 letters, starts with B, ends with S
🐦 Birds’ tools
🐔 For pecking
🪶 Not hands, but…
🦅 For eating bugs
🥚 Nesting aid
🎯 Precision pointer
🌾 Grain grabber
🧠 Sometimes clever
👃 Nose-like

7 “I’m trying to focus here!” (Answer: QUITE)
🤫 5 letters, starts with Q, ends with E
📚 “Let me concentrate!”
🔕 Said sternly
🧠 In the zone
🗣️ “Shh, I’m busy!”
🧘 Seeking silence
😤 Slightly annoyed tone
🚪 When someone enters
🎯 Mental focus
🛑 “Do not disturb”

8 Button that might make a “Whoosh!” sound (Answer: SEND)
📤 4 letters, starts with S, ends with D
📧 Email action
💬 Off it goes!
📱 Messaging move
🚀 Launches your message
🖱️ Click to share
🕊️ Outbox trigger
🧾 Invoice action
📲 “Delivered” initiator
💼 Workday essential
📨 “Sent!” feedback

Down
1 Word pronounced like its first letter (which is followed by four vowels) (Answer: QUEUE)
🅰️ 5 letters, starts with Q, ends with E
🚶‍♂️ A line of people
⏳ Waiting list
🆗 British word for “line”
🔡 Q + four vowels
🅿️ Parking line
📺 Streaming term
🧍 Series order
🧾 Data structure
🪪 Form a line

2 Feature of an extravagant wedding dress (Answer: TRAIN)
👰 5 letters, starts with T, ends with N
💍 Drapes behind
👗 Long and flowing
🚶 Trails the bride
🎀 Royal touch
🎬 Dramatic entrance
👑 Princess style
📸 Photographers love it
🏛️ Classic couture
🪄 Adds elegance

3 Signed, as a contract (Answer: INKED)
🖋️ 5 letters, starts with I, ends with D
📑 Deal sealed
📝 Pen to paper
🖊️ Made official
💼 Business term
🏈 Also used for player deals
🎤 Rapper slang
📃 Written agreement
🧾 Legal formal
💉 Tattooed, too

4 Verbal alternative to a tap on the shoulder (Answer: PSST)
😶‍🌫️ 4 letters, starts with P, ends with T
👂 Whisper sound
😮 “Hey, over here!”
👀 Get attention
📚 Not aloud in class
🤫 Sneaky alert
🎭 Theatrical hush
🗯️ Comic bubble sound
🕵️ Secret call
👤 Low-key message

5 Some backyard parties, for short (Answer: BBQS)
🍖 4 letters, starts with B, ends with S
🔥 Cookout
🥩 Grill event
🎉 Outdoor feast
🥓 Meat-fest
🍗 Summer event
🌭 Casual gathering
🪑 Lawn chairs out
☀️ Weekend fun
🍽️ Eat outside