Apt profession for someone named Rosemary or Ginger

The answer to “Apt profession for someone named Rosemary or Ginger” in the New York Times Mini crossword is CHEF — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times Mini crossword on December 9, 2025 at 1-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Apt profession for someone named Rosemary or Ginger” answer

CHEF (4 letters)

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Why the answer is CHEF

CHEF is the 4-letter solution that fits "Apt profession for someone named Rosemary or Ginger" in the NYT Mini crossword on December 9, 2025 (1-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does CHEF mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of CHEF is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Apt profession for someone named Rosemary or Ginger” appeared?

New York Times Mini reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

December 9, 2025 (most recent) → CHEF. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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