The NY Times Mini Crossword December 13, 2025 puzzle by Sam Ezersky is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Quick searchAcross
- 1 Field trip vehicle BUS
- 4 Peter’s antagonist, in a musical tale WOLF
- 8 “Keep me posted,” in texts LMK
- 9 Opera solo ARIA
- 10 ___Pen (emergency device) EPI
- 11 With 12-Across, gets in order SETS
- 12 With 14-Across, what a tennis champ might win a match in STRAIGHT
- 14 See 12-Across SETS
- 15 “A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away …” AGO
- 16 Shy and gentle MEEK
- 17 Prefix with apology or answer NON
- 18 Comes to a close ENDS
- 19 Have to pay OWE
Down
- 1 “Goodness gracious!” BLESSME
- 2 Indefinitely many, informally UMPTEEN
- 3 Avoided, as an issue SKIRTED
- 4 “Now, where ___?” WASI
- 5 Green topping at a pizza parlor OREGANO
- 6 John who played Churchill on “The Crown” LITHGOW
- 7 Sneaky trick to “pull” FASTONE
- 13 Doesn’t just assume one has permission ASKS
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