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Here are the answers for the New York Times Mini Crossword published Saturday, December 27, 2025. The title date does not specify a year, so use the NYT archive if you meant a different December 27.
December 27, 2025 Mini crossword answers
Across
- 1. Fashionable — HIP
- 4. Product sold on The Office — PAPER
- 6. One writing a performance review — MANAGER
- 8. With 5-Down, redundant synonym of “outcome” — END
- 9. Quiet ___ mouse — ASA
- 10. Gives constant compliments, in slang — GASESUP
- 12. Ski mountain bump — MOGUL
- 13. Uneasy feeling — ANGST
Down
- 1. Personally involved — HANDS-ON
- 2. Hoppy beer, for short — IPA
- 3. Mythical horse whose name is an anagram of 10-Across — PEGASUS
- 4. Last word in the palindromic sentence “A man, a plan, a canal …” — PANAMA
- 5. See 8-Across — RESULT
- 6. Ryan of When Harry Met Sally… — MEG
- 7. Genre for Playboi Carti and Cardi B — RAP
- 11. Something in an Easter basket — EGG
Grid entries may appear without spaces: GASESUP is “GASES UP,” and ASA is “AS A.”
Find a different December 27 puzzle in the NYT archive
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