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Mini crossword answers for December 13, 2025

Mini Crossword · December 13, 2025 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

Every clue from today's NYT Mini, with the answers hidden until you want them. Start with the lengths, then first letters, then reveal.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with B
  • 4 starts with W
  • 8 starts with L
  • 9 starts with A
  • 10 starts with E
  • 11 starts with S
  • 12 starts with S
  • 14 starts with S
  • 15 starts with A
  • 16 starts with M
  • 17 starts with N
  • 18 starts with E
  • 19 starts with O
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Field trip vehicle BUS
  • 4 Across: Peter's antagonist, in a musical tale WOLF
  • 8 Across: "Keep me posted," in texts LMK
  • 9 Across: Opera solo ARIA
  • 10 Across: ___Pen (emergency device) EPI
  • 11 Across: With 12-Across, gets in order SETS
  • 12 Across: With 14-Across, what a tennis champ might win a match in STRAIGHT
  • 14 Across: See 12-Across SETS
  • 15 Across: "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." AGO
  • 16 Across: Shy and gentle MEEK
  • 17 Across: Prefix with apology or answer NON
  • 18 Across: Comes to a close ENDS
  • 19 Across: Have to pay OWE
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with B
  • 2 starts with U
  • 3 starts with S
  • 4 starts with W
  • 5 starts with O
  • 6 starts with L
  • 7 starts with F
  • 13 starts with A
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: "Goodness gracious!" BLESSME
  • 2 Down: Indefinitely many, informally UMPTEEN
  • 3 Down: Avoided, as an issue SKIRTED
  • 4 Down: "Now, where ___?" WASI
  • 5 Down: Green topping at a pizza parlor OREGANO
  • 6 Down: John who played Churchill on "The Crown" LITHGOW
  • 7 Down: Sneaky trick to "pull" FASTONE
  • 13 Down: Doesn't just assume one has permission ASKS
Show the solved grid
1B2U3S4W5O6L7F8LMK9ARIA10EPI11SETS12STR13AIGHT14SETS15AGO16MEEK17NON18ENDS19OWE

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