The full solution for the NY Times December 08 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Dan Kammann and Zhouqin Burnikel and edited by Will Shortz.
NYT Across Clues
- 1A Sir’s counterpart MADAM
- 6A Folded Mexican snack TACO
- 10A Young chap LAD
- 13A “___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings”: Robert Benchley OPERA
- 14A Sean of “The Lord of the Rings” ASTIN
- 16A Chicken ___ king ALA
- 17A Wyoming skiing mecca JACKSONHOLE
- 19A Female pig SOW
- 20A Gold, in Spanish ORO
- 21A Dessert with icing CAKE
- 22A Motor City hoopster PISTON
- 24A Run out of clothes? STREAK
- 26A Like an envelope that’s ready to be sent SEALED
- 28A ___ Major (constellation) URSA
- 30A “Enola Holmes” actress ___ Bobby Brown MILLIE
- 32A Bicycle shorts material LYCRA
- 35A Computer image SCAN
- 37A ID checkers at an airport TSA
- 39A Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhood SOHO
- 40A Finger or toe ? or, when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down DIGIT
- 41A “Get outta here!” SCAT
- 42A Artificial colorant DYE
- 43A Half of a train track RAIL
- 44A “That’s boring!” HOHUM
- 45A Starting point ORIGIN
- 48A Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis) SLAM
- 50A Hardest to find RAREST
- 52A “Let me clarify …” IMEANT
- 56A Gesture suggesting “I see what you did there” SLYNOD
- 58A Top poker cards ACES
- 60A Monarch at Versailles ROI
- 61A Golfer’s target … or prize CUP
- 62A End successfully WORKOUTWELL
- 65A Comedian Wong ALI
- 66A Medieval stringed instruments LUTES
- 67A “___, meenie, miney, mo” EENIE
- 68A Crunchy sandwich, for short BLT
- 69A Camp shelter TENT
- 70A Religious ceremonies RITES
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Magic charms MOJOS
- 2D Not together APART
- 3D Interior design DECOR
- 4D Genesis boat ARK
- 5D The eyes may have it MASCARA
- 6D Scuba gear TANK
- 7D Remnants of a volcanic spew ASHES
- 8D Corp. exec overseeing engineers, say CTO
- 9D Stuff on an artist’s palette OILPAINT
- 10D Eleventh-hour LASTDITCH
- 11D Potatoes, in Indian cooking ALOO
- 12D From ___ to dusk DAWN
- 15D Actor Sam of “Jurassic Park” NEILL
- 18D Acorn droppers OAKS
- 23D Salt, in Paris SEL
- 25D Money across the Atlantic EURO
- 27D Messages on which you might be cc’d EMAILS
- 29D Iraqis and Iranians ASIANS
- 31D Biblical brother of Jacob ESAU
- 32D Psychedelic tab LSD
- 33D Toy on a string that’s not a kite YOYO
- 34D Center of a stone fruit CHERRYPIT
- 36D Film special effects, for short CGI
- 38D After-hours source of $$$ ATM
- 40D Lost moisture DRIEDOUT
- 41D Nonspecific amount SOME
- 44D Pet that stores food in cheek pouches HAMSTER
- 46D Author Fleming IAN
- 47D What empty stomachs do GROWL
- 49D In ___ of LIEU
- 51D No longer available TAKEN
- 53D “There ___ enough hours in the day” ARENT
- 54D “That’s the truth!” NOLIE
- 55D Mosaic pieces TILES
- 56D Covering over a wound SCAB
- 57D Pause in the action LULL
- 59D “It’s gonna ___ you!” COST
- 63D Hwy. RTE
- 64D Early Chinese dynasty WEI
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