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Completed NYT December 4, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1. Hint: Butterfingers
Answer: KLUTS
6. Hint: the letter is before beta testing.
Answer: ALPHA
7Hint: for example, “ad hoc” or “ad hominem”.
Answer: LATIN
8. Hint: prestigious university in Atlanta.
Answer: EMORY
9Hint: the word drawn out in speech before the words “… they left!”
Answer: And
Mini-tips and answers
Clue 1D: Dinosaur ___, a vegetable named for its jagged green texture.
Answer: KALE
2D clue: an animal in a Peruvian herd.
Answer: LLAMA
3D clue: Sinclair, who wrote “The Jungle”
Answer: UPTON
Hint 4D: The base is 90 feet from the house.
Answer: THIRD
5D Tip: Wild and Funny.
Answer: ZANI
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