NYT Crossword Answers 12/06/25

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A It goes around in circles TIRE
• 5A Winter quaffs SPICEDALES
• 15A Booty HAUL
• 16A Source of rhythm in electronic music TECHNOBEAT
• 17A With 23-Down, bandolier, e.g. AMMO
• 18A Court order PLEASERISE
• 19A Chinese surname transliterating “Zuo” TSO
• 20A Assessor RATER
• 21A Some AFEW
• 22A Treats whose name is derived from the Arabic for “to drink” SORBETS
• 24A Thread organizer LOOM
• 27A Home to the Temple of Hephaestus ATHENS
• 28A Cutters for kitchen installations TILESAWS
• 32A High-stakes gambler, in Vegas lingo WHALE
• 33A Like some car exteriors and hairy legs WAXED
• 34A Director Jon M. ___ CHU
• 35A Sit, say REST
• 36A Many a character on “Breaking Bad” NARCO
• 37A Toiletry kit item QTIP
• 38A Portrayer of Glinda in 2024’s “Wicked,” to fans ARI
• 39A Cleanse DETOX
• 40A “Indubitably!” QUITE
• 41A Honey and sugar, for two PETNAMES
• 43A Holder of arrows QUIVER
• 44A That stinks! ODOR
• 45A Penn athletes QUAKERS
• 46A Website that competes with PCMag CNET
• 49A Having a good aura, in slang VIBEY
• 51A “___ dat?” WHO
• 52A “That’s crazy!” HOLYSMOKES
• 55A Hippie happening BEIN
• 56A Warning preceding some “madness” during March Madness UPSETALERT
• 57A “Please, Mom?” CANI
• 58A Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally MEATSWEATS
• 59A Aussie predator CROC

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Closing statement? THATSAWRAP
• 2D “Count me in!” IAMSOTHERE
• 3D Lead-in to some juicy gossip RUMORHASIT
• 4D ___ rating (chess stat) ELO
• 5D Big Apple cathedral STPATS
• 6D Fur trade exports PELTS
• 7D Frozen treat ICEE
• 8D Singer with the top 10 albums “Crash” and “Brat” CHARLIXCX
• 9D Tennis duo? ENS
• 10D It might go for a buck DOE
• 11D American battle tank named for a general ABRAMS
• 12D First name in Norse exploration LEIF
• 13D No trouble EASE
• 14D Dish commonly made in a Dutch oven STEW
• 20D Former French president ___ Coty RENE
• 23D See 17-Across BELT
• 25D Bread spread OLEO
• 26D Its first and second editions were published more than 60 yrs. apart OED
• 28D Sacred Polynesian plants TAROS
• 29D Yoga pants and such ACTIVEWEAR
• 30D Endangered African grazer WHITERHINO
• 31D Very fast, in a way SUPERSONIC
• 33D Ratty is one in “The Wind in the Willows” WATERVOLE
• 36D Title film character with a “lucky fin” NEMO
• 37D Longtime Nestlé product QUIK
• 39D Pop DAD
• 40D Spot to dock QUAY
• 42D “Wait a sec” NOTYET
• 43D Pursuits QUESTS
• 45D Classic arcade game with a pyramid QBERT
• 46D Shark bait CHUM
• 47D “Negative” NOPE
• 48D Who’s asked the musical question “Do you want to build a snowman?” ELSA
• 50D Longtime catalog purveyor IKEA
• 53D Washington and Adams in Chicago: Abbr. STS
• 54D Wide mouth MAW
• 55D Email abbr. BCC