Here are the clues and answers for the Wednesday, December 11, 2024 NYT Mini Crossword. The date matters: this guide covers the 2024 puzzle, not a December 11 Mini from another year.
Spoilers below: the answers are listed by their Across and Down numbers so you can match them to the grid.
Across
- 1. “That’s my ___!” (“I LOVE that song!”) — JAM
- 4. Jay who hosted “The Tonight Show” from 1992–2009 and 2010–14 — LENO
- 5. Assassin skilled in martial arts — NINJA
- 6. Element whose name is found in FARGO, ND — ARGON
- 7. Boyfriends, quaintly — BEAUS
Down
- 1. Game with a tower that topples — JENGA
- 2. Green-skinned pear variety — ANJOU
- 3. Sounds from a child after they’re told to turn off the TV, maybe — MOANS
- 4. Currency replaced by the euro in Italy — LIRE
- 5. Catch red-handed — NAB
About the answer key
The date-matched answer list is from Erik Kain’s Forbes guide published December 10, 2024. It is an answer guide, not an official New York Times puzzle page. Solvers discussed the LIRE clue and the plural BEAUS in a Reddit thread about this same Mini; that discussion records reader disagreement and does not establish that the published key is wrong.
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