Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 5

Looking for the most recent Mini crossword answer? Click here to get today's mini crossword clues.plus our daily answers and clues for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.


Need help with today's mini crossword puzzle? The three tips include the infamous joke about Gen Z and Gen Alpha, so you might want to have a younger person around. Read on. And if you need some tips and tricks for your daily solution, check out our Tips for Mini Crosswords.

If you're looking for today's answers to Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands, you can visit CNET NYT Riddle Clues Page.

Read more: Tips and tricks for solving the New York Times mini crossword puzzle

Let's move on to the mini crossword clues and answers.

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Completed NYT December 5, 2025 Mini Crossword.

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Mini-tips and answers

1. Hint: Beaver's construction project.
Answer: LADIES

Hint 4: A unit of distance initially equal to 1000 steps.
Answer: MILES

5. Hint: the number of gnomes or mortal sins.
Answer: SEVEN

6. Hint: very large film format.
Answer: IMAX

7. Hint: crosses (exit).
Answer: HES

Mini-tips and answers

Hint 1D: Stars are hard to work with
Answer: DIVAS

2D Clue: American Football Star ___ Morgan
Answer: ALEX

3D clue: approximately half of the adult population
Answer: MEN

4D hint: 5-down-5-across, for example.
Answer: MEM

Clue 5D: Broadway musical about the wives of Henry VIII
Answer: SIX


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