The full solution for the NY Times December 15 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Jeff Jerome and Andrea Carla Michaels and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchNYT Across Clues
- 1A ___ Nicholas SAINT
- 6A Judge’s seat, from the French BANC
- 10A N.Y.C. airport JFK
- 13A “Star Wars” droid, familiarly ARTOO
- 14A Side’s length squared, for a square AREA
- 15A Thrilla in Manila boxer ALI
- 16A Recharge one’s batteries RESTUP
- 18A Prepared to bathe DISROBED
- 20A Cool ___ cucumber ASA
- 21A “Balderdash!” LIES
- 23A Filled in (for), for short SUBBED
- 24A Schmoozed (with) HOBNOBBED
- 27A Good, long bath SOAK
- 28A Slight injury from tripping STUBBEDTOE
- 30A Bridge support TRUSS
- 32A Karl Marx’s “___ Kapital” DAS
- 33A Do one better than TOP
- 36A President Hoover HERBERT
- 39A “You take credit cards?” response YESWEDO
- 42A Unconventional ODD
- 43A Alternative to the pill, in brief IUD
- 45A Dog-___ (like the pages in some books) EARED
- 46A Foreign-language movie that you don’t have to read subtitles for DUBBEDFILM
- 50A Location for a goatee or soul patch CHIN
- 52A Enchanted BEDAZZLED
- 55A Big-beaked tropical bird TOUCAN
- 57A One-named Brazilian soccer star PELE
- 58A “If you ask me ?,” to texters IMO
- 59A Camp sleeping spots ? or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters BUNKBEDS
- 61A Sci-fi writer Isaac ASIMOV
- 63A Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.? APT
- 64A Tales of yore LORE
- 65A Join in marriage UNITE
- 66A Lo-___ graphics RES
- 67A One-named Grammy winner from Ireland ENYA
- 68A ___ Cottontail PETER
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Wife of Abraham, in the Bible SARAH
- 2D “You ___ right!” ARESO
- 3D “Ridiculous!” ITSABSURD
- 4D “I’m kidding!!,” in “Wayne’s World” NOT
- 5D Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec TOULOUSE
- 6D One who’s rotten from the start BADSEED
- 7D Singer Grande, to fans ARI
- 8D Loch ___ monster NESS
- 9D Opera great Enrico CARUSO
- 10D Sluglike “Star Wars” crime boss JABBA
- 11D On ___ (looking great, in slang) FLEEK
- 12D Colonial-era pirate captain KIDD
- 17D Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor) PIBB
- 19D Orchestral woodwind OBOE
- 22D Be on the wane EBB
- 25D Crash-investigating org. NTSB
- 26D Turning point in W.W. II DDAY
- 29D When doubled, an African fly TSE
- 30D But, briefly THO
- 31D Like a ripe strawberry RED
- 33D Re-election restriction TERMLIMIT
- 34D Many a Wordsworth poem ODE
- 35D Pea holder POD
- 37D Part of a barbecue rack RIB
- 38D Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame TUBB
- 40D Suddenly stops working, as an engine SEIZESUP
- 41D Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate WALZ
- 44D Beyond the continental shelf, say DEEPSEA
- 46D Comic actor Van Dyke DICK
- 47D Lacking the capacity UNABLE
- 48D Prez before 10-Across DDE
- 49D “Deck the Halls” syllables FALA
- 50D Two-door auto COUPE
- 51D Outings for foxhounds HUNTS
- 53D Show feelings onstage EMOTE
- 54D Capital of Delaware DOVER
- 55D Lift on the slopes TBAR
- 56D Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip NEON
- 60D Funny in a subtle way DRY
- 62D Suffix with Benedict or elephant INE
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