Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 27

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 27


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Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s pretty long for a Mini Crossword, and some of the clues are tricky. The answer to 10-Across is not an expression I use, for sure. Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

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Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Dec. 27, 2025.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Fashionable
Answer: HIP

4A clue: Product sold on “The Office”
Answer: PAPER

6A clue: One writing a performance review
Answer: MANAGER

8A clue: With 5-Down, redundant synonym of “outcome”
Answer: END

9A clue: Quiet ___ mouse
Answer: ASA

10A clue: Gives constant compliments, in slang
Answer: GASESUP

12A clue: Ski mountain bump
Answer: MOGUL

13A clue: Uneasy feeling
Answer: ANGST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Personally involved
Answer: HANDSON

2D clue: Hoppy beer, for short
Answer: IPA

3D clue: Mythical horse whose name is an anagram of 10-Across
Answer: PEGASUS

4D clue: Last word in the palindromic sentence “A man, a plan, a canal …”
Answer: PANAMA

5D clue: See 8-Across
Answer: RESULT

6D clue: Ryan of “When Harry Met Sally …”
Answer: MEG

7D clue: Genre for Playboi Carti and Cardi B
Answer: RAP

11D clue: Something in an Easter basket
Answer: EGG


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