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NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, December 2, 2025
NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 2, 2025
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword is a lively and soda-themed grid — great for anyone who calls carbonated drinks pop, soda, or coke depending on where you’re from. If any clue slowed you down, here’s the full answer key with all across and down solutions clearly explained.
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Mini Crossword Across Clues & Answers
1A — “Fittingly, the letters that bookend ‘Get along well’”
Answer: GEL
The clue cleverly matches the first and last letters of GEL, which means to “get along well.”
4A — “Coke, e.g.”
Answer: DRUG
Not the beverage — referring to cocaine, a classic Mini Crossword misdirect.
6A — “Sprite”
Answer: PIXIE
Here, “sprite” means a mythical creature, not the soda brand.
8A — “Pepsi ___”
Answer: COLA
A standard fill, completing the phrase “Pepsi Cola.”
9A — “Subway scurrier”
Answer: RAT
A common NYC image — rats in subway tunnels.
Mini Crossword Down Clues & Answers
1D — “Measure of a country’s economic output, for short”
Answer: GDP
2D — “N.Y.C. mayor Adams”
Answer: ERIC
Referring to Eric Adams.
3D — “Vegas casino shaped like a pyramid”
Answer: LUXOR
5D — “___ monster (venomous lizard)”
Answer: GILA
As in Gila monster.
7D — “Have a bite”
Answer: EAT
FAQs – NYT Mini Crossword Help
1. Is today’s Mini Crossword difficult?
It’s a moderate puzzle, with playful misdirection in clues like DRUG and PIXIE.
2. What was the trickiest clue today?
Many solvers get caught by 4A — DRUG, expecting a soda reference.
3. How many clues does the NYT Mini Crossword have?
Typically 10 total: 5 across and 5 down, including today.
4. What time does the NYT Mini Crossword release?
It releases daily at midnight local time.
Written by Anish Puzzle Expert at TechBoltX
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