The NY Times Mini Crossword December 24, 2025 puzzle by Joel Fagliano is solved below. The answers were grouped based on their orientation on the grid.
Across
- 1 Wordle or Boggle GAME
- 5 Big Newton ISAAC
- 7 Specialized vocabulary LINGO
- 8 “See you in a bit!” LATER
- 9 Tone of many internet comments SNARK
Down
- 1 Sharks use them to breathe GILLS
- 2 From Singapore or South Korea, say ASIAN
- 3 Large ocean ray MANTA
- 4 ___ beaver EAGER
- 6 Second-largest city in the Republic of Ireland, after Dublin CORK
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