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

Latest answer — April 04, 2026

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Across

  1. 1Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"
  2. 4Scrooge's cry before "humbug"
  3. 7"___ appetit!"
  4. 8"Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish)
  5. 9Use camouflage
  6. 11Big name in fluorescent paint
  7. 12Transmission setting for a steep hill, maybe
  8. 13Egg cells
  9. 14GPS suggestion: Abbr.
  10. 15Like many Grindr users
  11. 16Go on dates with

Down

  1. 1Recede, as the tide
  2. 2Country between Ukraine and Romania
  3. 3Message in Connections when you almost get the category, but not quite
  4. 4Mammals whose name is a synonym of "pesters"
  5. 5"Sorry, has the meeting started already?"
  6. 6Award recipient
  7. 10The N.F.L.'s Giants, on scoreboards
  8. 12Makeshift seat at a campfire

The answer to “Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"” in the New York Times Mini crossword is EMO — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on April 4, 2026 at 1-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

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

EMO (3 letters)

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Why the answer is EMO

EMO is the 3-letter solution that fits "Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"" in the NYT Mini crossword on April 4, 2026 (1-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does EMO mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of EMO is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a style of rock music resembling punk but having more complex arrangements and lyrics that deal with more emotional subjects

When else has “Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"” appeared?

New York Times Mini reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

April 4, 2026 (most recent) → EMO. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"”?

The answer is EMO, a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on April 4, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"”?

3 letters: EMO.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times Mini crossword on April 4, 2026, at 1-Across.

Can “Like this lyric: "My heart is yours to fill or burst / To break or bury or wear as jewelry"” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times Mini sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of today's NYT Mini answers?

Every clue and answer from that day's puzzle is linked above, and the full grid is on the NYT Mini answers page.

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