The NY Times Mini Crossword April 9, 2026 puzzle by Tracy Bennett is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Slip-on shoe … or something you don’t want in your bathtub CLOG
- 5 Ancient artifact RELIC
- 7 In a most unusual way ODDLY
- 8 Springs in a mattress COILS
- 9 Raven’s haven NEST
Down
- 1 Slip-on shoe .. or something you really don’t want in your bathtub CROC
- 2 Strung along LEDON
- 3 Boomer’s bop, nowadays OLDIE
- 4 Breathing organs for fish GILLS
- 6 Fluid-filled lump CYST
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