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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for April 11, 2026.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: N.B.A. team that plays at M.S.G.
Answer: KNICKS
7A clue: Guy with a nerdy, passionate interest
Answer: FANBOY
8A clue: Rudely merges
Answer: CUTSIN
9A clue: Standard number of bowling pins
Answer: TEN
10A clue: Inflated sense of one’s own importance
Answer: BIGEGO
13A clue: Arrived via airplane
Answer: FLEWIN
14A clue: History-making achievements, perhaps
Answer: FIRSTS
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Colonel Sanders’s fast-food chain
Answer: KFC
2D clue: Spiral-shelled mollusks
Answer: NAUTILI
3D clue: 1, 2 or 3, but not 1.23
Answer: INTEGER
4D clue: “60 Minutes” producer
Answer: CBSNEWS
5D clue: Colorful pond fish
Answer: KOI
6D clue: Thesaurus listing: Abbr.
Answer: SYN
10D clue: Closest pal, for short
Answer: BFF
11D clue: “Go on, ___!” (“Scram!”)
Answer: GIT
12D clue: Opposite of offs
Answer: ONS
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