The NYT Mini Crossword for Thursday, December 12, 2024, has these answers. The year matters: this is an archived puzzle, not today’s daily Mini.
Thursday, December 12, 2024: Across answers
- Exchange: SWAP
- Intense passion: ARDOR
- Ingredient in a mudslide or Moscow mule: VODKA
- Bottom-left key in Wordle: ENTER
- Horror movie staple: GORE
Down answers
- Stat for a ninth-inning relief pitcher: SAVE
- [BZZT!]: WRONG
- Expand, as a collection: ADDTO
- No-limit Texas hold ’em, e.g.: POKER
- Like a bloody steak: RARE
About this archived puzzle
These answers match the December 12, 2024, Mini listed in Forbes’ guide by Erik Kain, published December 11, 2024. That guide says the Mini can be played on the web or in the app and describes app access for archive puzzles. Because that access information is from 2024, check the current NYT Games page for present-day archive availability and terms.
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