New Delhi, July 6 -- The answers to Monday's NYT Mini Crossword (July 6, 2026) are below.

APRIL Ludgate is immediately familiar to anyone who watched the show, considerably less so to those who didn't. MAINE at 7-Across has a clean geography hook (it borders only New Hampshire among U.S. states), and BAMBI at 1-Down is a direct Disney reference with a pattern most solvers land quickly. The remaining entries - BAT, BROKE, ITS, APART, TRIOS, INK, LEE - sit well within everyday vocabulary and should cause little friction.

Across

1-Across: BAT - Halloween silhouette

4-Across: APRIL - Ron's assistant on "Parks and Recreation"

7-Across: MAINE - State that borders only one other state

8-Across: BROKE - Out of money

9-Across: ITS - "___ al...