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NYT Crossword December 21 2025 Answers

All 143 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES143 CLUES
ACROSS
1ASome Arctic transports9 lettersSee answer ›10AS.E.C. football powerhouse, for short4 lettersSee answer ›14A1950s hangout with a jukebox8 lettersSee answer ›20AGame piece made of four squares9 lettersSee answer ›21A"The Kite Runner" protagonist4 lettersSee answer ›22ASkulks6 lettersSee answer ›23AJoins gradually9 lettersSee answer ›24A"Doggone it!"4 lettersSee answer ›25ATreatment6 lettersSee answer ›26ABlue colorant obtained from the indigo plant4 lettersSee answer ›27AWrangler alternative3 lettersSee answer ›28ABrightly colored Mediterranean flowers8 lettersSee answer ›30ARap's Run-___3 lettersSee answer ›31ACourse catalog?4 lettersSee answer ›32AWhen Aries transitions to Taurus5 lettersSee answer ›34ASweetly, on scores5 lettersSee answer ›35A"I'll pass"3 lettersSee answer ›36AInput of certain mining4 lettersSee answer ›38AMontalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"7 lettersSee answer ›40ATimer setting4 lettersSee answer ›42AAreas of influence7 lettersSee answer ›45AMental health org.3 lettersSee answer ›46AFraudulently make seem like9 lettersSee answer ›48ACovers completely5 lettersSee answer ›49AWyoming peak5 lettersSee answer ›51ALike a corporation with a new logo, perhaps9 lettersSee answer ›54AComment from someone caught in the rain8 lettersSee answer ›56AYellow avenue in Monopoly7 lettersSee answer ›58AA bit off, say6 lettersSee answer ›59AHyatt alternative4 lettersSee answer ›60AHard-boiled genre4 lettersSee answer ›62ATheForce.net for "Star Wars," for example7 lettersSee answer ›64ADark side3 lettersSee answer ›65AFormer big name in browsers8 lettersSee answer ›67AU.F.O.-watching org.4 lettersSee answer ›68ABy way of, informally4 lettersSee answer ›70AKemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)4 lettersSee answer ›71ASailor's patron6 lettersSee answer ›72AFleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess8 lettersSee answer ›76ADaddy3 lettersSee answer ›79AEponymous British financier James ___7 lettersSee answer ›81ABy saying this you mean well4 lettersSee answer ›82AWrap seller4 lettersSee answer ›83AAdopted, as a pet6 lettersSee answer ›85AWasn't folded in a suitcase, say7 lettersSee answer ›87ADeveloped, as baby teeth6 lettersSee answer ›89ASci-fi miniaturizer9 lettersSee answer ›91AEmanations5 lettersSee answer ›93ABoldly face5 lettersSee answer ›94AKind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›95AGuardians, on a scoreboard3 lettersSee answer ›96ABit of birdspeak7 lettersSee answer ›98ADamp, mildewy quality4 lettersSee answer ›99AThey hold water7 lettersSee answer ›102ASilence4 lettersSee answer ›103ALying faceup6 lettersSee answer ›104A___ Park, Calif.5 lettersSee answer ›105AAir5 lettersSee answer ›107ADisney subsidiary4 lettersSee answer ›111AA little help?3 lettersSee answer ›112AEvaded, as a sensitive issue12 lettersSee answer ›114ASome pings, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›115A"Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry)4 lettersSee answer ›116ASkips over6 lettersSee answer ›118AFew and far between4 lettersSee answer ›119ARegulars at parks with ramps, informally9 lettersSee answer ›121AReply after having one's memory jogged6 lettersSee answer ›122ASome time ago4 lettersSee answer ›123A"What's done is done!"9 lettersSee answer ›124AStick (to)6 lettersSee answer ›125AGarden interloper4 lettersSee answer ›126AChurch parts crossing naves9 lettersSee answer ›
DOWN
1DMake furious5 lettersSee answer ›2D"The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___5 lettersSee answer ›3DTennis line judge's ruling5 lettersSee answer ›4DDuke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you"14 lettersSee answer ›5DWest side of L.A.?3 lettersSee answer ›6D"Is there still time for me to join you?"7 lettersSee answer ›7D51 to the hour8 lettersSee answer ›8DStage direction5 lettersSee answer ›9DPhillipa of Broadway3 lettersSee answer ›10DGrammy winner Erykah4 lettersSee answer ›11D___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet6 lettersSee answer ›12DCopy6 lettersSee answer ›13DIced-tea-and-lemonade refreshments13 lettersSee answer ›14DSpending romp5 lettersSee answer ›15DOutput of certain mining4 lettersSee answer ›16DCounterpart of a sub3 lettersSee answer ›17DFast start?12 lettersSee answer ›18DFather, familiarly6 lettersSee answer ›19DMentally overpower, with "out"5 lettersSee answer ›28DLike most moccasins6 lettersSee answer ›29DGreat Dane of cartoons, informally5 lettersSee answer ›33DMore livid6 lettersSee answer ›37DKeister, in Leicester4 lettersSee answer ›39D2015 chart-topping hit for the Weeknd14 lettersSee answer ›40DSymbolic for its time7 lettersSee answer ›41DShoe company with an iconic checkerboard design4 lettersSee answer ›42DDescendant5 lettersSee answer ›43DApple: Fr.5 lettersSee answer ›44DIs without5 lettersSee answer ›47DRabid in appearance8 lettersSee answer ›50DWoman's nickname that sounds like two letters4 lettersSee answer ›51DRice-A-___4 lettersSee answer ›52D"Borderlands" director ___ Roth3 lettersSee answer ›53DHiding place3 lettersSee answer ›55DGene pools?8 lettersSee answer ›57DOrg. with its own alphabet4 lettersSee answer ›61DAbbr. not found on most smartphones4 lettersSee answer ›63D"Aren't ___ lucky one?!"4 lettersSee answer ›66DIt has a lot of secretaries7 lettersSee answer ›67DShirt collar stiffener4 lettersSee answer ›69DWhere to find six "presents" in this puzzle?12 lettersSee answer ›71DKnock ’em dead4 lettersSee answer ›72DCoolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy"4 lettersSee answer ›73DJust getting started with5 lettersSee answer ›74DGreen shade5 lettersSee answer ›75DWhat Joe Montana was in the '80s5 lettersSee answer ›76DA TD scores six of these3 lettersSee answer ›77D"Fancy, that!"3 lettersSee answer ›78DPrickly denizen of coral reefs13 lettersSee answer ›80DFamed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial14 lettersSee answer ›81DMost minimal6 lettersSee answer ›84DSome Korean exports4 lettersSee answer ›86DCalmed deceptively6 lettersSee answer ›88DBaseball slugger's stat4 lettersSee answer ›90DBird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones"5 lettersSee answer ›92DBlueprints8 lettersSee answer ›97DAuthor Zora Neale ___7 lettersSee answer ›98DNoodled on, with "over"6 lettersSee answer ›100DGirlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"6 lettersSee answer ›101DInformant6 lettersSee answer ›103D"Ta-ta!"5 lettersSee answer ›104DTricky pool shot5 lettersSee answer ›106DSomeone enjoying a walk in the park5 lettersSee answer ›108DMentally with it5 lettersSee answer ›109D___ four5 lettersSee answer ›110DFits one inside the other5 lettersSee answer ›112DPorcine : pigs :: cervine : ___4 lettersSee answer ›113DEssential4 lettersSee answer ›117DIt might be good for a change3 lettersSee answer ›119DOne who knows the drill?: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›120DTeslas, e.g., for short3 lettersSee answer ›
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