NYT Mini Crossword Answers April 29, 2025

Across
1 The “A” of MoMA (Answer: ART)
🖼️ 3 letters, starts with A, ends with T
🎨 Found in museums
🖌️ Includes painting and sculpture
📚 Studied in school
🖍️ Can be abstract or realistic
🧠 Expression of creativity
🖋️ Found in galleries
👩‍🎨 Created by artists
🎭 Not always visual
📷 Can include photography

4 Like steak tartare and carpaccio (Answer: RAW)
🥩 3 letters, starts with R, ends with W
🍣 Not cooked
👨‍🍳 Served cold
🔪 Requires careful prep
🐟 Sushi-style
🌱 Natural form
🔥 Lacks heat
💉 Can be unsafe if mishandled
🥗 Common in gourmet dishes
🧂 Often seasoned heavily

5 Attire for wizards and judges (Answer: ROBES)
⚖️ 5 letters, starts with R, ends with S
🧙 Long flowing garments
👩‍⚖️ Worn in court
🎓 Academic dress
🧵 Made of fabric
🕴️ Formal clothing
📜 Has tradition
🕶️ May be black
🎭 Costumed wear
🧵 Part of ceremony

7 Warm shade of yellowish-orange (Answer: AMBER)
🟠 5 letters, starts with A, ends with R
🌳 Fossilized resin
🍯 Honey color
🚦 Traffic light signal
🎨 Warm hue
🟡 Natural tone
🕯️ Can be translucent
🧡 Found in jewelry
🌅 Sunset shade
📿 Often seen in beads

8 Most populous country in the Caribbean (Answer: HAITI)
🌎 5 letters, starts with H, ends with I
🌴 Island nation
🇫🇷 French and Creole spoken
🌀 Earthquake-prone
⚽ Soccer popular
📚 Shares Hispaniola
🧘‍♂️ Caribbean culture
🎶 Strong music roots
🏥 Faces economic challenges
🕊️ Known for resilience

9 Messy room, so to speak (Answer: STY)
🐷 3 letters, starts with S, ends with Y
🏠 Pig’s house
🧹 Total mess
👃 Often smelly
🚫 Lacks order
🧽 Needs cleaning
🪠 Figurative description
👀 Disorganized
📦 Cluttered space
🧼 Not tidy

Down
1 Noted features of bakeries and candle shops (Answer: AROMAS)
👃 6 letters, starts with A, ends with S
🍞 Sweet-smelling
🕯️ Scents in the air
🌸 Pleasant to inhale
🌬️ Diffused through space
🎂 Often tied to vanilla
🔥 Warm and cozy feeling
🥐 Evokes memories
💐 Like fresh flowers
🍪 Associated with cookies

2 What a magician might pull out of the [circled letters] (Answer: RABBIT)
🎩 6 letters, starts with R, ends with T
🐰 Classic trick
🧙‍♂️ Hat surprise
🎭 Stage animal
🎩 Requires sleight of hand
🎪 Magic show element
🐇 Fast-breeding animal
🎩 Symbol of illusion
🐾 Floppy-eared creature
🎩 Often white

3 “I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” speaker (Answer: TWEETY)
🐤 6 letters, starts with T, ends with Y
🎥 Looney Tunes bird
🐱 Torments Sylvester
🎤 Speaks with a lisp
🟡 Yellow and small
🎬 Cartoon classic
🐣 Canary character
🧠 Clever bird
💬 Iconic voice
📺 Seen in reruns

5 “Go team!” (Answer: RAH)
📣 3 letters, starts with R, ends with H
🎉 Cheerleader cry
🗣️ Chant of support
🥳 Pep rally word
🎯 Simple cheer
🎽 Sports sidelines
🏆 Shouted loudly
🔥 High energy
💥 Pump-up phrase
👟 Stadium yell

6 ___ Lanka (Answer: SRI)
🌍 3 letters, starts with S, ends with I
🇱🇰 Island nation prefix
🌴 South Asian country
🛕 Known for Buddhism
📜 Historical name part
🏝️ Indian Ocean
🎭 Cultural diversity
🍛 Spicy cuisine
🐘 Elephants roam here
🗺️ Next to India