Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 13 – CNET

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.

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Mini across clues and answers

1A 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 answers

1D 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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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 13 – CNET

Mini across clues and answers

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