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Completed NYT December 24, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1. Hint: Wordle or Boggle
Answer: GAME
5. Hint: Big Newton.
Answer: ISAAC
7Tip: Specialized vocabulary
Answer: LINGO
8Hint: “See you in a while!”
Answer: LATER
9. Hint: The Tone of Many Internet Comments
Answer: SNARK
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1D: Sharks use them for breathing
Answer: GILLS
2D hint: say from Singapore or South Korea.
Answer: ASIAN
3D clue: Great ocean stingray
Answer: MANTA
4D clue: ___ beaver
Answer: IGER
Clue 6D: Ireland's second largest city after Dublin.
Answer: CORK
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