Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for December 15

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword the answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword clues, as well as our daily answers and hints for the New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzle.

The New York Times Mini Crossword was fun today. It’s one of those blank grids that I like, because if you get all the Across answers, you don’t even have to try the Down answers — they’re all filled in. But if you’re stuck, 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.

Read more: Tips and tricks for solving the New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s find those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1 Clue: Halloween costume with bed sheet
Answer: GHOST

6Reference: Leonardo DiCaprio’s role in the romantic disaster of the ’90s
Answer: ROMEO

7Clues: Prohibition, like disaster
Answer: AVRT

8Clues: “Switching gears here…” or “On the same note…”
Answer: SEGUE

9Clues: British prams
Answer: PRAM

Small clues and answers

1D clue: Wrap the human mind
Answer: GRASP

2D Track: Float like a hummingbird
Answer: GO

3D Trace: A high-end Swiss watch that shares its name with a Greek letter
Answer: OMEGA

4D clue: Reality ___
Answer: SERUM

5D Clue: The Slangy “Definitely!”
Answer: TOTES

How to play multiple Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for everyone to play. You can play today’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need to register in the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.