Drag letters from the pool into “Your Answer”, then reorder them to match the solution.
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Think about the compass direction you would take for a coastal road trip down California.
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??? stands for south-southeast, a compass direction.
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The clue asks for the direction from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. On a map, Santa Cruz is located to the south-southeast (???) of San Francisco.
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NNW’s opposite, Opposite direction of NNW, Montreal-to-Boston dir., Cleveland-to-Akron dir., K.C.-to-Nola direction
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The answer to “San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir.” in the New York Times puzzle December 9 2025 is SSE. Quite straight and simple! Complete your daily NYT Mini challenge with this solution.
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