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Daily Themed Mini Crossword April 9 2026 Answers

Every clue from the April 9, 2026 Mini, with the solution beside it and the completed grid below. The Mini is the small 5 x 5 puzzle — if you are after the full-size grid, it is on the April 9 2026 Daily Themed Crossword page.

10 of 10 clues
Across
1A Pepper's partner SALT 4
5A Trick or ___ TREAT 5
7A "___ of Two Cities," novel by Charles Dickens: 2 wds. ATALE 5
8A "___ are red, violets are blue..." ROSES 5
9A Suffix with "Oktober" to mean the annual celebration of beer FEST 4
Down
1D Part of a constellation STAR 4
2D Sun Tzu's "The ___ War": 2 wds. ARTOF 5
3D Rental agreement for a fixed-term LEASE 5
4D Fairy stories TALES 5
6D Written or oral exam TEST 4
Solved grid
1S
2A
3L
4T
5T
R
E
A
6T
7A
T
A
L
E
8R
O
S
E
S
9F
E
S
T

The completed 5 x 5 Mini grid for April 9, 2026.

About the April 9, 2026 Mini

The Daily Themed Mini Crossword is the small 5 x 5 companion to the main puzzle — 10 clues instead of the usual sixty-odd, so most players finish it in a couple of minutes. Answers here run three to five letters.

Looking for the full-size grid from the same day? It is on the Daily Themed Crossword April 9 2026 page. Every Mini we have solved is listed in the Mini archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.