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Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Dec. 13.
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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Dec. 13, 2025.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini across clues and answers1A clue: Field trip vehicle
Answer: BUS
4A clue: Peter’s antagonist, in a musical tale
Answer: WOLF
8A clue: “Keep me posted,” in texts
Answer: LMK
9A clue: Opera solo
Answer: ARIA
10A clue: ___Pen (emergency device)
Answer: EPI
11A clue: With 12-Across, gets in order
Answer: SETS
12A clue: With 14-Across, what a tennis champ might win a match in
Answer: STRAIGHT
14A clue: See 12-Across
Answer: SETS
15A clue: “A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away …”
Answer: AGO
16A clue: Shy and gentle
Answer: MEEK
17A clue: Prefix with apology or answer
Answer: NON
18A clue: Comes to a close
Answer: ENDS
19A clue: Have to pay
Answer: OWE
Mini down clues and answers1D clue: “Goodness gracious!”
Answer: BLESSME
2D clue: Indefinitely many, informally
Answer: UMPTEEN
3D clue: Avoided, as an issue
Answer: SKIRTED
4D clue: “Now, where ___?”
Answer: WASI
5D clue: Green topping at a pizza parlor
Answer: OREGANO
6D clue: John who played Churchill on “The Crown”
Answer: LITHGOW
7D clue: Sneaky trick to “pull”
Answer: FASTONE
13D clue: Doesn’t just assume one has permission
Answer: ASKS
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