Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 10 – CNET

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The Mini Crossword can make you feel really overconfident. I did the Monday one in 14 seconds and was strutting around pretty proud of myself. But I was lucky, because the Across clues were all obvious, and they filled up the whole grid so I didn’t even have to look at the Down clues. If I want to come back down to Earth, I can just try the real old-school NYT Crossword, which will surely stump me. And even the Mini Crossword usually takes me longer than Sunday’s gem. But if you need answers for today’s Mini Crossword, read on. And if you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: “The ___,” “Seinfeld” episode in which Kramer gets everyone tickets for “Pagliacci”
Answer: OPERA

6A clue: The fourth of Santa’s eight reindeer (plus Rudolph!)
Answer: VIXEN

7A clue: Live and breathe
Answer: EXIST

8A clue: Baptisms and the like
Answer: RITES

9A clue: Cantankerous
Answer: TESTY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Obvious for all to see
Answer: OVERT

2D clue: Impish creature of folklore
Answer: PIXIE

3D clue: Airplane rows with extra legroom
Answer: EXITS

4D clue: Press the power button on a Nintendo Switch for about 15 seconds to do this
Answer: RESET

5D clue: Anxious about what’s ahead
Answer: ANTSY

How to play more Mini Crosswords

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