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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, April 14
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 14.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
Well, today’s NYT Mini Crossword started out easy. 1-Across was simple. And then, the clues started to lose me. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.
The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.
Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword
Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Uneaten part of toast, often
Answer: CRUST
6A clue: Like stud muffins
Answer: HUNKY
7A clue: Prepare for use, as a marker
Answer: UNCAP
8A clue: Nick of «48 Hrs.»
Answer: NOLTE
9A clue: Strike zone’s lower boundary
Answer: KNEES
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Alternative to a chip, in the baking aisle
Answer: CHUNK
2D clue: Kind of sentence that keeps going and going, it should have been made into two sentences
Answer: RUNON
3D clue: Cousin’s dad
Answer: UNCLE
4D clue: Spin out on the ice, say
Answer: SKATE
5D clue: Uses a keyboard
Answer: TYPES
How to play more Mini Crosswords
The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.
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Apple Will Reportedly Give You a Discount on Accessories if You Recycle Your Old Electronics
The Earth Day promotion could net shoppers 10% off a suite of accessories for one month.

Apple is starting an in-store electronics recycling promotion for one month that can net consumers 10% off of Apple accessories, according to a post Tuesday by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg. The maximum discount offered will be $20, and it will be applicable to AirPods, AirTags, Apple Pencils, Apple Watch bands, and MacBook cases and peripherals.
While Apple customers generally benefit from trading in used electronics for store credit, many items are ineligible for this program. Typically, a single device can be traded in for credit toward a new one, and additional iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watches and other Apple devices can be exchanged for an Apple gift card. Non-Apple electronics cannot be exchanged for store credit.
The new Earth Day promotion reportedly makes all used electronics — even the otherwise uncompensated non-Apple electronics — viable to trade-in for the $20 Apple accessory discount, which would make this a great time to bring in recyclable electronics you wouldn’t otherwise be rewarded for.
Apple’s trade-in program is offered in-store and online as a clean and easy way to recycle old electronics. While Apple doesn’t give store credit for every item, the company recycles them free of charge. If Apple is offering a discount on its peripherals for trading in non-Apple electronics, it could be using this promotion to bring new customers into its product ecosystem.
Apple rarely discounts its accessories outside of Black Friday events, making this a rare opportunity to score a peripheral for less cash. It is unclear whether this is a US-based promotion or if it will run in Apple Stores internationally. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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EV Sales Increased by More Than 10% in the US Despite Tesla Sales Dropping
The surge in electric-vehicle sales comes at the start of what experts predict will be a volatile year for the market.
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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 15, #408
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 408 for April 15.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.
Todays NYT Strands puzzle might be tricky, but it has a fun topic. Get yourself a frosty beverage and solve away. If you need hints and answers, read on.
I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.
If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.
Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far
Hint for today’s Strands puzzle
Today’s Strands theme is: Draft picks
If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Cheers!
Clue words to unlock in-game hints
Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:
- MICE, POTS, STOP, TOTS, PORE, PORES, TORE, TOTE, TOUT, REGAL, RICE, SORE, RICES.
Answers for today’s Strands puzzle
These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you’ve got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:
- BOCK, SOUR, LAGER, NITRO, STOUT, PILSNER
Today’s Strands spangram
Today’s Strands spangram is MICROBREWERY. To find it, start with the M that’s three letters up from the bottom on the far left row, and wind over and up.
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