This answer lookup is for the Monday, December 9, 2024 NYT Mini Crossword. The dated archive identifies that year, so this is a past puzzle—not a current-day set of answers. Spoilers follow.
Monday, December 9, 2024 answers
The archive provides the clues; the fills below are reconstructed from those clues, not presented as an independently verified official answer key. Open the NYT Mini if you want to solve rather than read the fills.
Across
- 1A. “___ on a true story” — BASED
- 6A. “Martini garnish on a toothpick” — OLIVE
- 7A. “‘The Departed’ co-star Matt” — DAMON
- 8A. “Like the air in a hookah bar” — SMOKY
- 9A. “Number of Z tiles in Scrabble” — ONE
Down
- 1D. “Physiques, casually” — BODS
- 2D. “Texas fortress to ‘remember’” — ALAMO
- 3D. “Who sometimes ‘says’ to touch your nose while jumping on one foot” — SIMON
- 4D. “Bring to mind” — EVOKE
- 5D. “Last word in the song ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’” — MAN
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The NYT describes the Mini as a smaller version of its crossword: fill the white squares with answers to Across and Down clues, using the crossings to check letters. Its help page says the interface can reveal one letter, a full answer, or the entire puzzle, so you can choose how much help to use. Read the NYT Mini Crossword help page.
The Mini is available the evening before its published date, according to the NYT Help Center. That timing can make an archive page appear before the calendar date shown in its puzzle label.
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