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NYT Crossword December 12 2025 Answers

All 70 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

Constructed by Adrian Johnson and Jess RucksEdited by Will Shortz
ALL CLUES70 CLUES
ACROSS
1ASome free spots, for short4 lettersSee answer ›5AGrounds5 lettersSee answer ›10ADoesn't just talk4 lettersSee answer ›14A"You're telling me!"10 lettersSee answer ›16AWord with wet or sweat4 lettersSee answer ›17AConspiracy theorist's accessory10 lettersSee answer ›18A"Don't leave me!," e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›19A16 in a Sweet Sixteen5 lettersSee answer ›20AMain component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrument7 lettersSee answer ›22APersonal records5 lettersSee answer ›25APadlocked fasteners5 lettersSee answer ›26AVariety of orange named for a European city8 lettersSee answer ›29AWhat blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimes4 lettersSee answer ›30AJobs announcement of 20104 lettersSee answer ›31ANews feed, perhaps10 lettersSee answer ›35A[Waaaaah!]3 lettersSee answer ›36AThick confection used for cake icing7 lettersSee answer ›37APart of a golf club3 lettersSee answer ›38ASee 5-Down10 lettersSee answer ›40ABinary4 lettersSee answer ›41ASuccors4 lettersSee answer ›42APhoto session workers8 lettersSee answer ›44AAce, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›46ASkater's braking method with the back foot positioned horizontally5 lettersSee answer ›47ARelative of a craft fair7 lettersSee answer ›50A"Duino Elegies" poet5 lettersSee answer ›53ASaves, as a digital location4 lettersSee answer ›54AClichéd line from the side of a product package10 lettersSee answer ›58AIt's cool to drink4 lettersSee answer ›59A"I haven't told you the best part ..."10 lettersSee answer ›60AImpressively accurate pass, in football slang4 lettersSee answer ›61AFloats5 lettersSee answer ›62AGive a bad hand?4 lettersSee answer ›
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1DStone3 lettersSee answer ›2DVaudeville highlight4 lettersSee answer ›3DPulitzer-winning journalist Applebaum4 lettersSee answer ›4DYou might pull one out for a guest7 lettersSee answer ›5DWith 38-Across, one way to sit10 lettersSee answer ›6DFeel gross3 lettersSee answer ›7D"Gross"3 lettersSee answer ›8DPlaywright who wrote "You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'"4 lettersSee answer ›9D"Tell Mama" singer James4 lettersSee answer ›10DRocky road ingredient?7 lettersSee answer ›11DDistinction for a classic underground work10 lettersSee answer ›12DBind5 lettersSee answer ›13DSticks a fork in5 lettersSee answer ›15DPart of NOW5 lettersSee answer ›21D"Fiddlesticks!"5 lettersSee answer ›23DDisney princess in New Orleans5 lettersSee answer ›24DWorkshop debris7 lettersSee answer ›26DPossible need for entry4 lettersSee answer ›27DEach4 lettersSee answer ›28DColleague who might be solutions-oriented?10 lettersSee answer ›29DTropical plants said to bring good fortune10 lettersSee answer ›32D"That's the truth"5 lettersSee answer ›33DKid's parent4 lettersSee answer ›34DHagfish lookalikes4 lettersSee answer ›36DCompany whose logo has a hidden arrow between its fourth and fifth letters5 lettersSee answer ›39DPerformance that isn't prerecorded7 lettersSee answer ›40DWord from the Greek for "folded paper"7 lettersSee answer ›43DButcher shop buys5 lettersSee answer ›44DPleasing to the palate5 lettersSee answer ›45D"Buss It" rapper ___ Banks5 lettersSee answer ›48DWay4 lettersSee answer ›49DArm of the Dept. of Labor4 lettersSee answer ›51DPart of a cabinet4 lettersSee answer ›52DFrench 101 verb4 lettersSee answer ›55DWhitehouse in D.C., e.g.: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›56DPhysics unit equivalent to roughly 624 gigaelectronvolts3 lettersSee answer ›57DThoroughly evaluate3 lettersSee answer ›
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