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NYT Mini Crossword Answers for December 13, 2024

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Tap a clue to reveal its answer. By Ian Livengood.

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Hint: letter count and first letter of every answer

1A S____ · 6A P____ · 7A F____ · 8A Z__ · 9A A__ · 1D S__ · 2D P____ · 3D L____ · 4D A____ · 5D Y__

Across

1A: Spread out, as one's fingers
SPLAY · more answers for this clue
6A: Long cloud of smoke
PLUME · more answers for this clue
7A: Subway payments
FARES · more answers for this clue
8A: Kind of garden with a bonsai tree
ZEN · more answers for this clue
9A: "Might I ___ …"
ADD · more answers for this clue

Down

1D: Rating on a Hawaiian Tropic bottle, for short
SPF · more answers for this clue
2D: New York hotel featured in "Home Alone 2," with "the"
PLAZA · more answers for this clue
3D: Enticed with bait
LURED · more answers for this clue
4D: Modify, as the Constitution
AMEND · more answers for this clue
5D: Reply to roughly 3.6% of Harvard applicants for the 2028 class
YES · more answers for this clue

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SPLAY
PLUME
FARES
ZEN
ADD

FAQ

1-Across: Spread out, as one's fingers

SPLAY.

6-Across: Long cloud of smoke

PLUME.

7-Across: Subway payments

FARES.

8-Across: Kind of garden with a bonsai tree

ZEN.

9-Across: "Might I ___ …"

ADD.

1-Down: Rating on a Hawaiian Tropic bottle, for short

SPF.

2-Down: New York hotel featured in "Home Alone 2," with "the"

PLAZA.

3-Down: Enticed with bait

LURED.

4-Down: Modify, as the Constitution

AMEND.

5-Down: Reply to roughly 3.6% of Harvard applicants for the 2028 class

YES.