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Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword dated Dec. 6, 2025. The year matters: Dec. 6, 2024 was a different puzzle with different answers.
Across answers
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1A: “Cease, Your Honor!” | IOBJECT |
| 8A: Mont Blanc’s mountain range | THEALPS |
| 9A: “Hips Don’t Lie” singer | SHAKIRA |
| 10A: Professor’s helpers, for short | TAS |
| 11A: Cotton, linen and satin | FABRICS |
| 15A: Phrases before sharing a humorous joke | IGOTONE |
| 16A: Woman told “You don’t have to put on the red light,” in a hit by the Police | ROXANNE |
Down answers
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1D: The “I” of T.G.I.F. | ITS |
| 2D: “NOW I understand!” | OHH |
| 3D: Make percussion noises with one’s mouth | BEATBOX |
| 4D: Capital of Indonesia | JAKARTA |
| 5D: Shortening in speech, as from “captain” to “cap’n” | ELISION |
| 6D: E.M.T.’s skill | CPR |
| 7D: They may ask you to take away your sneakers, for short | TSA |
| 11D: Christmas tree variety | FIR |
| 12D: Many moons ____ | AGO |
| 13D: Channel whose initials are hidden from left to right in the phrase CHANNEL | CNN |
| 14D: Get a glimpse of | SEE |
Which Dec. 6 puzzle is this?
The date alone is ambiguous. These entries are for the Dec. 6, 2025 puzzle; a separate Dec. 6, 2024 report gives a different answer set. The 2025 list is attributed to CNET by the indexed answer page, but it was not independently confirmed against an accessible NYT Games puzzle page.
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