NYT Mini Crossword - April 4, 2026

1. Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"

4. Scrooge's cry before "humbug"

7. "___ appetit!"

8. "Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish)

9. Use camouflage

11. Big name in fluorescent paint

12. Transmission setting for a steep hill, maybe

13. Egg cells

14. GPS suggestion: Abbr.

15. Like many Grindr users

16. Go on dates with

1. Recede, as the tide

2. Country between Ukraine and Romania

3. Message in Connections when you almost get the category, but not quite

4. Mammals whose name is a synonym of "pesters"

5. "Sorry, has the meeting started already?"

6. Award recipient

10. The N.F.L.'s Giants, on scoreboards

12. Makeshift seat at a campfire