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Completed NYT December 11, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1: Painter's protective clothing.
Answer: SMOK
6Hint: Toy Story 5 studio.
Answer: PIXAR
7. Hint: Perhaps your answer to the question “Where were you last night at 9 pm?”
Answer: ALIBI
Tip 8: Tennis star Rafael
Answer: NADAL
Hint 9. The solemn sound of a church bell.
Answer: NELL
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1D: Win loudly, in slang
Answer: SPANK
2D clue: Italian city with fashion week
Answer: MILAN
3D hint: Iron ___ (rust)
Answer: OXIDE
Clue 4D: A small group of conspirators.
Answer: CABAL
Hint 5D: Food for the Baleen Whale
Answer: KRIL
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