Need a nudge before seeing the solutions? The December 2, 2025, NYT Mini has five Across and five Down entries. Start with the clue list below, then open the answer section when you’re ready for spoilers.
Hints for the December 2 NYT Mini
The clues are reproduced from the dated guide published by Parade. Try the entries that are still blank before revealing the solutions.
Across
- 1A: “Fittingly, the letters that bookend ‘Get along well’”
- 4A: “Coke, e.g.”
- 6A: “Sprite”
- 8A: “Pepsi ____”
- 9A: “Subway scurrier”
Down
- 1D: “Measure of a country’s economic output, for short”
- 2D: “N.Y.C. mayor Adams”
- 3D: “Vegas casino shaped like a pyramid”
- 5D: “____ monster (venomous lizard)”
- 7D: “Have a bite”
Full answer list
Spoilers below: The dated Parade guide’s solutions, also checked against the clue set on Try Hard Guides, are:
Across
- 1A: GEL
- 4A: DRUG
- 6A: PIXIE
- 8A: COLA
- 9A: RAT
Down
- 1D: GDP
- 2D: ERIC
- 3D: LUXOR
- 5D: GILA
- 7D: EAT
How to play or revisit the Mini
The New York Times describes the Mini as a crossword where players fill white squares with letters by solving Across and Down clues. Its Mini help page says subscribers with a subscription that includes Games can play in the Games app, on the crossword website, or in the News app. Past Minis are available in the web and Games app archive.
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