Answers to today’s New York Times Simple Crossword December 16


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Completed the NYT Mini Crossword Puzzle on December 16, 2025

Completed NYT Little Crossword Puzzle for December 16, 2025.

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Mini cross clues and answers

1- Evidence: He has a box
The answer: a car

4 Evidence: Kentucky Senator ___ Paul
Answer: rand

Evidence 5A: They have branches
The answer: banks

6 A Clue: It’s nowhere to be found
Answer: Without permission

7- Evidence: It has a trunk and branches
The answer: a tree

Mini down clues and answers

1D Evidence: Perhaps something carried during transport
Answer: Canoe

2D Evidence: ___Crusher, the basketball move that causes a defender to fall
Answer: ankle

3D Evidence: Two in a Fork?: Abbr.
Answer: RDS

Four-dimensional clue: The sound that imitates a lion or dinosaur
Answer: Raw

5D Evidence: A symbol in the night sky above Gotham
Answer: Pat


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