The full solution for the NY Times December 17 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Gary Larson and Doug Peterson and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchNYT Across Clues
- 1A Lock combinations? COIFS
- 6A ___ League ARAB
- 10A Single instruction STEP
- 14A Enemy W.W. II vessel UBOAT
- 15A Turner of old movies LANA
- 16A Powerful impulse URGE
- 17A Group of grumps sitting around kvetching? POUTYPARTY
- 19A Elmer’s nemesis BUGS
- 20A Meeting, casually SESH
- 21A A smartphone has lots of these USES
- 22A Centerpiece of “The Hobbit” QUEST
- 23A Community property pronoun OUR
- 25A Like barked orders CURT
- 26A Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.? CHAMPSATTHEBOUT
- 34A Genre for GloRilla RAP
- 35A Official mandate DECREE
- 36A Fellow fighter ALLY
- 37A Brand once known as “Standard Oil Company of Indiana” AMOCO
- 39A Mardi Gras day, in brief TUE
- 40A Works on a muffler, say KNITS
- 41A Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop BULL
- 42A See 50-Down NOSTRA
- 44A To and ___ FRO
- 45A Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise? SPOUTINTHEOCEAN
- 48A Poindexter GEEK
- 49A TV freebie of a sort PSA
- 50A Easter Island’s country CHILE
- 52A Dark-skinned fruit SLOE
- 55A Pieces of advice TIPS
- 59A Primordial substance OOZE
- 60A Painstakingly explain something … or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across SPELLITOUT
- 62A Takes a tour of SEES
- 63A Compassionate KIND
- 64A Terra ___ COTTA
- 65A Does the math, in a way ADDS
- 66A Pot grower? ANTE
- 67A H, on the N.Y.S.E. HYATT
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Tarot suit associated with the element of water CUPS
- 2D Yamaha product OBOE
- 3D What makes a stud become studious? IOUS
- 4D Fully get FATHOM
- 5D Hog’s home STY
- 6D “That’s a real shame” ALAS
- 7D Steakhouse order RARE
- 8D Marchers in sidewalk cracks ANTS
- 9D Howl at the moon BAY
- 10D Chevy S.U.V. SUBURBAN
- 11D Authentic TRUETOLIFE
- 12D Ones from platypuses have leathery shells EGGS
- 13D Fly by night … or by day PEST
- 18D Compact holder PURSE
- 22D Neighbor of Ont. QUE
- 24D Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps UPDO
- 25D Jost’s longtime “Weekend Update” co-anchor CHE
- 26D Food you might eat wearing a bib CRABS
- 27D Overplay for the audience HAMUP
- 28D Was the bigger person, say APOLOGIZED
- 29D Follow, as advice ACTON
- 30D Have faith in TRUST
- 31D Canines, e.g. TEETH
- 32D Mega- ULTRA
- 33D Big name in chicken or boxing TYSON
- 38D 1990s comedy inspired by “Emma” CLUELESS
- 40D “Get Smart” bad guys KAOS
- 42D Suffix with beat or neat NIK
- 43D Throw off REPEL
- 46D Stick in the ground? TEE
- 47D Just about anything on a string CATTOY
- 50D With 42-Across, the Mafia COSA
- 51D Cultivated, in a way HOED
- 52D Start a turn in Twister SPIN
- 53D Time to do without LENT
- 54D Gary’s ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on “Cheers”) OLDE
- 56D Minuscule amount IOTA
- 57D Short stroke PUTT
- 58D Batting avg., e.g. STAT
- 60D Rocksteady relative SKA
- 61D “___ bin ein Berliner” ICH
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