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Completed NYT November 21, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1. Hint: pump iron.
Answer: LIFT
5Hint: Peer
Answer: EQUAL
7. Hint: Like the music of Rick James and James Brown.
Answer: FUNKY
8. Hint: An animal that cannot change its stripes, according to the old saying.
Answer: TIGER
Hint 9: The pointed part of the fork.
Answer: TINE
Mini-tips and answers
Tip 1D: Shohei Ohtani's dominant hand when hitting the ball, but not when serving.
Answer: LEFT
2D hint: resignation letter
Answer: IKVIT
3D hint: Mushrooms, mold, mildew, etc.
Answer: FUNGI
4D clue: “Is this place ___?”
Answer: TAKEN
Clue 6D: U-Shaped Tool in Ancient Greece
Answer: LIRA
