NYT Mini Crossword Solutions for Saturday, April 18

NYT Mini Crossword Solutions for Saturday, April 18

Filmogaz.com is publishing the solution set for the New York Times Mini Crossword dated April 18, 2026. This Saturday puzzle uses the longer Mini format that appears on weekends.

Puzzle answers

Across

  • 1A — GUM (What people pay extra for?)
  • 4A — GRACE (Pre-meal prayer)
  • 6A — NIELS (Physicist Bohr)
  • 7A — AIM (Line up a shot)
  • 8A — OPS (Photo ___; P.R. events)
  • 10A — PGMOVIE (“Zootopia,” but not “Zoolander”)
  • 12A — THEVIEW (TV show with the initials “TV”)
  • 13A — STRANDS (New York Times game with weaving, interconnected answers)

Down

  • 1D — GRIMMER (More bleak)
  • 2D — UAE (Dubai’s country, for short)
  • 3D — MCLOVIN (Nickname of Seth and Evan’s friend in “Superbad”)
  • 4D — GNIGHT (“See you in the mornin’!”)
  • 5D — ESPIED (Fancy term for “noticed”)
  • 7D — APTS (Many N.Y.C. addresses: Abbr.)
  • 9D — SEWS (Uses a needle and thread)
  • 11D — OVA (Egg cells)

For readers searching NYT Mini Crossword Solutions for Saturday, April 18, these entries resolve the grid. Filmogaz.com also provides hints and daily guidance for Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition, and Strands.