Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for December 14

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Mini Crossword Saturdays are always longer — 16 clues and answers compared to 10. I didn’t find today’s too difficult, except that I was a child of the 1980s, when I saw “SMOOTH OPERATOR” on the clue, the only one. the answer I come up with is Sade. Note: it is not. But if you’re stuck on that or any other Mini Crossword clue, we’ve got the answers. And if you can use the hints and tips to solve every day, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

Mini Crossword is one of many games in the Times games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle tips page.

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Let’s find those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1 Clue: Live ___” (Taco Bell’s longtime slogan)
Answer: MAS

4 Clue: Jockey’s Dress
Answer: SILKS

6Clues: “Abso-freakin’-lutely!”
Answer: HELLYES

8Clues: A horned animal in Yellowstone National Park
Answer: ELK

9Clues: Something with twenty cases of tablet games
Answer: DIE

10A clue: Bordeaux or Burgundy
Answer: REDWINE

12 Clue: As an efficient person
Answer: SUAVE

13Clues: A green addition to the Chicago River on St. Patrick
Answer: DYE

Small clues and answers

Clue 1D: Bites a chewy chocolate in a yellow box
Answer: MILKDUD

2D resolution: 100%
Answer: EVERYTHING

3D clue: Take a big leap of faith, you say
Answer: SKYDIVE

4D clue: Tennis champion Monica with a palindromic last name
Answer: SELES

Track 5D: A river through Paris
Answer: SEINE

Clue 6D: “___ Majesty,” a hidden song in the Beatles’ “Abbey Road”
Answer: HER

Clue 7D: “Do you understand?”
Answer: LOOK

Clue 11D: Path
Answer: WAY

How to play multiple Mini Crosswords

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