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Completed NYT December 27, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1Hint: fashionable
Answer: HIP
Hint 4. Product sold in the “Office”.
Answer: PAPER
6. Hint: Someone is writing a performance review
Answer: MANAGER
Tip 8: C 5-Down is a redundant synonym for “result.”
Answer: THE END
Hint 9. Quiet ___ mouse.
Answer: ASA
10. Hint: constantly says compliments in slang.
Answer: GAZESAP
12. Hint: ski hill.
Answer: MOGUL
13Tip: feeling anxious
Answer: ANGST
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1D: Personal Involvement
Answer: HANDSON
2D hint: Hoppy beer for short.
Answer: IPA
3D Clue: A mythical horse whose name is an anagram of the word “10-Across”.
Answer: PEGASUS
Hint 4D: The last word in the palindromic sentence “Man, plan, channel…”
Answer: PANAMA
Hint 5D: See 8-Across.
Answer: RESULT
Clue 6D: Ryan from When Harry Met Sally…
Answer: MEG
Hint 7D: Genre for Playboi Carti and Cardi B
Answer: REP
Clue 11D: There's something in the Easter basket.
Answer: EGG
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