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Completed NYT December 25, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1Hint: ___ King Cole, singer from the album “The Magic of Christmas.”
Answer: NAT
Tip 4: Body drawings, informal.
Answer: TATS
5Hint: Letters ___ (what this Mini was made of)
Answer: SANTA
6. Hint: “Huge fan,” slang.
Answer: STAN
7. Hint: rapper “Illmatic”.
Answer: NAS
Mini-tips and answers
Clue 1D: Grandmothers by a different name.
Answer: PINEAPPLE
2D hint: Abbr. before the name in the note
Answer: ATTENTION
3D hint: Org. with long queues on holidays
Answer: TCA
4D clue: “See you!”
Answer: TATA
Hint 5D: Government issued ID.
Answer: CCH
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