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The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Nov. 5, 2025.
Mini across clues and answers
1A clue: Fresh addition to a pasta sauce, perhaps
Answer: BASIL
6A clue: Log ___ (water park ride)
Answer: FLUME
7A clue: Group of ships
Answer: FLEET
8A clue: Some drinks from “streams”
Answer: SODAS
9A clue: Documentarian Burns
Answer: KEN
Mini down clues and answers
1D clue: Closest pals, for short
Answer: BFFS
2D clue: “No problems here!”
Answer: ALLOK
3D clue: Shoe material in an Elvis hit
Answer: SUEDE
4D clue: “That is to say …”
Answer: IMEAN
5D clue: Tennis do-overs
Answer: LETS
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