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The NYT mini crossword puzzle completed by December 27, 2025.
Mini through clues and answers
1 Hint: Fashionable
Answer: HIP
4A clue: Product sold on “The Office”
Solution: PAPER
6A clue: the one who writes a performance review
Answer: MANAGER
8A clue: with 5-Down, a redundant synonym for “result”
Answer: END
9A Hint: Mouse ___ Silent
Answer: ASA
10Hint: gives constant compliments, in slang
Solution: GAZUP
12A clue: mountain skiing bumps
Solution: MOGUL
13A clue: a feeling of unease
Answer: ANGST
Mini-clues and answers
Clue 1D: Personally involved
Solution: HANDSON
Clue 2D: hoppy beer, for short
Answer: IPA
3D Clue: Mythical horse whose name is an anagram of 10-Across
Answer: PEGASUS
Clue 4D: Last word of the palindromic phrase “A man, a plan, a canal…”
Answer: PANAMA
5D Index: see 8-Across
Answer: RESULT
Clue 6D: Ryan from “When Harry Met Sally…”
Answer: MEG
Clue 7D: Gender for Playboi Carti and Cardi B
Answer: RAP
Clue 11D: Something in an Easter basket
Answer: EGG
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