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Completed NYT December 9, 2025 Mini Crossword.
Mini-tips and answers
1. Hint: A suitable profession for someone named Rosemary or Ginger.
Answer: CHEF-CHEF
5. Hint: time to go, leftovers
Answer: BOXAP
7. Hint: a word that can be preceded by “Bowl” or “Glue”.
Answer: SUPER
8. Hint: intense anger.
Answer: RAGE
9. Prompt: “Stop it!”
Answer: STOP
Mini-tips and answers
Hint 1D: Stephen Colbert's Network
Answer: CBS
2D clue: marked group of 24 people.
Answer: CLOCK
3D clue: a person living unofficially abroad
Answer: EXPAT
Clue 4D: Spanish for fire.
Answer: FUEGO
Tip 6D: Work in the kitchen
Answer: PREPARATION
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