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I love it when the Mini Crossword is just a solid chunk of squares, with few black spaces. Sometimes I can just answer the Across clues and it fills in the whole puzzle without having to even look at the Down clues. That almost happened today, until I tried to solve the clue about Italian currency and I filled in the singular version, not the plural (it ends with a different letter). It's no fun when the puzzle tells you, "You've filled in all the squares, but something is amiss." Whoops. I fixed it, but it definitely slowed me down a bit.
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Let's get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.
The completed NYT Mini Crossword for Dec. 11, 2024.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETMini across clues and answers
1A clue: "That's my ___!" ("I LOVE that song!")
Answer: JAM
4A clue: Jay who hosted "The Tonight Show" from 1992–2009 and 2010–14
Answer: LENO
5A clue: Assassin skilled in martial arts
Answer: NINJA
6A clue: Element whose name is found in FARGO, ND
Answer: ARGON
6A clue: Boyfriends, quaintly
Answer: BEAUS
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Game with a tower that topples
Answer: JENGA
2D clue: Green-skinned pear variety
Answer: ANJOU
3D clue: Sounds from a child after they're told to turn off the TV, maybe
Answer: MOANS
4D clue: Currency replaced by the euro in Italy
Answer: LIRE
5D clue: Catch red-handed
Answer: NAB
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