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The NYT mini crossword puzzle completed by December 10, 2025.
Mini through clues and answers
1Hint: A Brief Nap
Answer: NAP
4A hint: With 1-Down, not under any circumstances
Answer: NOW
6A Hint: The Busiest Airport in the Midwest
Solution: OHARE
7A hint: don’t take a vacation, for example
Solution: WORKS
8A clue: Anderson who directed “The Phoenician Scheme”
Answer: WES
Mini-clues and answers
Index 1D: see 4-Across
Answer: NOHOW
Clue 2D: Conscious (of)
Answer: AWARE
3D Clue: “___ and Recreation” (2010s sitcom)
Solution: PARKS
4D Index: Right Now
Answer: NOW
Clue 5D: “Amen to that!” »
Answer: YES
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