NYT Crossword Answers 12/14/25

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns STORM
• 6A Something fun to take out for a spin TOP
• 9A Shaquille O’Neal’s alma mater, for short LSU
• 12A Parts of a hand CARDS
• 17A Irritate CHAFE
• 18A Recaps WRAPUPS
• 20A Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston’s Freedom Trail REVERE
• 21A False alarm announcement? OOHIMSOSCARED
• 23A Jedi-in-training PADAWAN
• 24A Sensible PRUDENT
• 25A TV host Brzezinski MIKA
• 26A #1 choice, in slang FAVE
• 27A “No ___, ands or buts!” IFS
• 28A Pollution-fighting org. EPA
• 29A “Game of Thrones” actor Gillen AIDAN
• 31A River that borders the Black Forest RHINE
• 33A “Render ___ Caesar ?” UNTO
• 34A Major coin producer DENVERMINT
• 37A Viking I or II MARSLANDER
• 39A Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space ELLEN
• 40A Nickname for Mark’s unsevered best friend in “Severance” PETEY
• 41A They turn red litmus paper blue BASES
• 42A First chimpanzee to orbit Earth ENOS
• 43A Football blocker? GOALNET
• 46A Hair-raising stuff GEL
• 47A Remodel and resell some real estate FLIPAHOUSE
• 49A Marching band tempo setters DRUMLINES
• 54A Who said “It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am” ALI
• 55A Season to enjoy une glace ETE
• 56A Ruler before 1917 TSAR
• 58A “Black-ish” airer ABC
• 59A It’s a numbers game KENO
• 60A Clothing for SWAT teams VESTS
• 62A “The Simpsons” character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles LISA
• 64A Puff piece? VAPE
• 66A Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys FEWER
• 67A Plant watcher, for short OSHA
• 68A Camera type, in brief SLR
• 69A Site of some Santa sightings MALL
• 71A Longtime record label of Elvis Presley RCA
• 73A 911 responder EMT
• 74A “Hilarious!” WHATAHOOT
• 77A “I mean, kind of …” NOTEXACTLY
• 80A “Don’t give up!” TRY
• 81A ¬ or ~, in logic NEGATOR
• 83A Beat poet ___ Cassady NEAL
• 84A Like some milk, idiomatically SPILT
• 87A ___ on the past DWELL
• 88A Indication of bad service NOTIP
• 90A “Much obliged” IOWEYOUONE
• 92A Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it) GAINEDADAY
• 97A Bundled up CLAD
• 98A Articles are written in this PROSE
• 99A Brand name for naproxen ALEVE
• 100A ___ Miss OLE
• 101A Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors KEN
• 102A Drink known also as “honey wine” MEAD
• 103A Frosty COLD
• 105A Subject of Newton’s first law INERTIA
• 108A Enjoying a soak BATHING
• 110A 1980 horror film starring William Hurt … or what the shaded squares contain? ALTEREDSTATES
• 112A Fundamental rules of math AXIOMS
• 113A Loopy writing CURSIVE
• 114A Star pitcher? AGENT
• 115A “Fiddler on the Roof” matchmaker YENTE
• 116A Letters for an unscheduled event TBA
• 117A Prefix with natal NEO
• 118A Like a bubble bath SUDSY

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Surveyed, with “out” SCOPED
• 2D Early track star Jim THORPE
• 3D Resident of Honolulu, e.g. OAHUAN
• 4D Touchless payment tech RFID
• 5D Internet ___ MEME
• 6D Cheat on, in a way TWOTIME
• 7D Surgery sites, in brief ORS
• 8D Video game character with an endless appetite PACMAN
• 9D Be in a chat room but not chat LURK
• 10D Soldiers with long arms SPEARMEN
• 11D Alternative to the euro, in brief USD
• 12D Relinquish CEDE
• 13D Director DuVernay AVA
• 14D Turns back the clock, maybe? REWINDS
• 15D Opposite of volunteer DRAFTEE
• 16D Parts of many robots in robot-sumo SENSORS
• 19D Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang PAINT
• 20D “Gaspard de la Nuit” composer RAVEL
• 22D Addresses angrily SNARLSAT
• 23D Variety of violet PANSY
• 26D Urban safety hazard FIRETRAP
• 30D Australia’s largest carnivorous mammal DINGO
• 32D Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert’s review of “North” (1994) HATED
• 33D Dissimilar UNALIKE
• 35D Part of a legendary boast VENI
• 36D Skips all the ceremony? ELOPES
• 38D The brother in “Am I my brother’s keeper?” ABEL
• 40D What might be made while clasping one’s hands PLEA
• 42D Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone ? and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years ELISHA
• 44D Ballpark figure OUTS
• 45D Kind of tea ASSAM
• 46D Sierra automaker GMC
• 47D Shylock’s security FLESH
• 48D Adele song with the lyric “I must have called a thousand times” HELLO
• 50D Non-premium option in a rideshare app UBERX
• 51D Gaming mogul Gabe NEWELL
• 52D Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond ENEMY
• 53D Put into piles, perhaps SORT
• 54D Swear AVOW
• 57D Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief RVLOT
• 61D Did some school reporting? TATTLED
• 63D Exceptionally hard timber IRONWOOD
• 65D Amy Winehouse, e.g. ALTO
• 66D Thumbprint alternative on iPhones FACEID
• 68D Reluctant to ask out one’s crush, maybe SHY
• 70D Particularly particular ANAL
• 72D Cafeterias CANTEENS
• 75D Like many indie films ARTY
• 76D Many characters in the 2007 comedy “Superbad” TEENS
• 78D He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with “Rubber Duckie” ERNIE
• 79D Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo TAPA
• 82D Where high schoolers work on their numbers? GLEECLUB
• 84D Starship’s medical facility SICKBAY
• 85D Ren faire prop akin to a halberd POLEAXE
• 86D “Sign me up!” IWANTIN
• 87D Hair-care item associated with Black culture DURAG
• 89D Like YouTube offerings ONVIDEO
• 91D Commences OPENS
• 92D Rough drafts? GALES
• 93D Interview guest whom Ali G calls “my man Buzz Lightyear here” ALDRIN
• 94D Like lowercase i’s and j’s DOTTED
• 95D Sci-fi sequel of 1986 ALIENS
• 96D Like soft rolls YEASTY
• 102D Wordless entertainment MIME
• 104D Other, to Octavio OTRA
• 106D Brief announcements from a pilot ETAS
• 107D ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce) RAGU
• 109D Like hell! HOT
• 110D Play a part, or part of a play ACT
• 111D Part of N.Y.E. EVE