Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for April 30 – CNET

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If you miss Calvin and Hobbes — and who doesn’t? — today’s NYT Mini Crossword is for you. (See 8-Across.) There’s also an Indiana Jones clue (2-Down), which took me a minute to figure out. 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.

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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: Picture holder
Answer: FRAME

6A clue: New spin on an old song
Answer: REMIX

7A clue: Cream of the crop
Answer: ELITE

8A clue: Hobbes in “Calvin and Hobbes,” for one
Answer: TIGER

9A clue: Profit = revenue – ___
Answer: COST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Agonize (over)
Answer: FRET

2D clue: Item in Indiana Jones’s satchel, perhaps
Answer: RELIC

3D clue: Compadre
Answer: AMIGO

4D clue: Itty-bitty biters
Answer: MITES

5D clue: Wield, as influence
Answer: EXERT

How to play more Mini Crosswords

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