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Completed NYT December 5, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1. Hint: Beaver's construction project.
Answer: LADIES
Hint 4: A unit of distance initially equal to 1000 steps.
Answer: MILES
5. Hint: the number of gnomes or mortal sins.
Answer: SEVEN
6. Hint: very large film format.
Answer: IMAX
7. Hint: crosses (exit).
Answer: HES
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1D: Stars are hard to work with
Answer: DIVAS
2D Clue: American Football Star ___ Morgan
Answer: ALEX
3D clue: approximately half of the adult population
Answer: MEN
4D hint: 5-down-5-across, for example.
Answer: MEM
Clue 5D: Broadway musical about the wives of Henry VIII
Answer: SIX
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