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Completed NYT Mini Crossword December 13, 2025
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1. Excursion car.
Answer: BUS
4Hint: Peter's antagonist in the musical fairy tale.
Answer: WOLF
8. Tip: “Keep me posted” in text messages.
Answer: LMK
9Hint: opera solo
Answer: ARIA
10Hint: ___Handle (emergency device)
Answer: EPI
11. Hint: 12-Across will be fine.
Answer: SETS
12Hint: Which tennis champion can win a match when playing 14-Across?
Answer: DIRECT
14Hint: See 12-Across.
Answer: SETS
15Hint: “A long time ago ___ in a galaxy far, far away…”
Answer: BACK
16Hint: shy and gentle.
Answer: MIC
17Hint: prefix with an apology or response.
Answer: NO
18Hint: coming to an end
Answer: THE END
19Hint: you have to pay
Answer: MUST
Mini-tips and answers
Prompt 1D: “Oh my God!”
Answer: BLESS
2D hint: indefinitely large, unofficial.
Answer: CLEAN
3D hint: avoided as a problem
Answer: SKIRT
4D clue: “Where is ___?”
Answer: VASI
5D hint: Green toppings in a pizzeria
Answer: OREGANO
Clue 6D: John, who played Churchill in The Crown.
Answer: LITHOU
Hint 7D: A Tricky Trick to “Pull Out”
Answer: FASTONE
Tip 13D: Don't just assume someone has permission
Answer: SAVE
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