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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for April 23, 2026.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini across clues and answers
1A clue: Reason to edit a text message
Answer: TYPO
5A clue: ___ Wiseman, commander on NASA’s Artemis II mission
Answer: REID
6A clue: Artificial hair extension
Answer: WEAVE
7A clue: Batman or Superman
Answer: HERO
8A clue: Manager’s helper: Abbr.
Answer: ASST
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Things that families and forests both have
Answer: TREES
2D clue: 1,000 make up a millennium
Answer: YEARS
3D clue: Quickly change the topic
Answer: PIVOT
4D clue: Laudatory poem
Answer: ODE
6D clue: “Huh …?”
Answer: WHA
