Here are the answers to NY Times Mini Crossword Tuesday December 14, 2021
Curved bone – RIB
Fourth letter, spelled out – DEE
Patriarch of the Roy family on “Succession” – LOGAN
Like the Jurassic Period vis-à-vis the Cretaceous Period – OLDER
Poem with a 5-7-5 pattern – HAIKU
Sick ___ (great insult) – BURN
Store that sells chairs, beds and … meatballs? – IKEA
Mountain crest – RIDGE
Plant whose leaves produces a valuable gel – ALOE
Wait on the phone – HOLD
