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Completed NYT December 15, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1. Hint: a cold winter blanket.
Answer: SNOW
5. Hint: the number of candles in a full menorah.
Answer: NINE
6Hint: “Point accepted”
Answer: NOTICED
7. Hint: Rude noise at the dinner table.
Answer: EXCERPT
8. Hint: a kind of bomb designed by Oppenheimer.
Answer: ATOM
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1D: Dog's nose and mouth.
Answer: SNOUT
2D clue: ___ cold drink
Answer: NITRO
3D clue: one hour after noon.
Answer: ONEM
4D Tip: Marry
Answer: SR.
Hint 6D: Org. aliens infiltrated in Space Jam
Answer: NBA
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