NYT Crossword Answers 12/26/25

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Dawdler SLOWPOKE
• 9A Cuts short ABORTS
• 15A Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon MONEYBAG
• 16A Kitsch LOWART
• 17A Doing some theater work USHERING
• 18A Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh BULGUR
• 19A One whose beauty is on the inside GEODE
• 20A Whole kit and caboodle GAMUT
• 22A ___-Latin (like some modern coinages) NEO
• 23A Plant that’s toxic to cats LILY
• 24A Some babysitters NANAS
• 25A A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated) CALL
• 26A Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub YTD
• 27A Tuesday, in French MARDI
• 28A Song commonly performed outdoors CAROL
• 29A Food that can be prepared de canasta TACOS
• 30A ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season) SHROVE
• 31A One toeing the line? TIGHTROPEWALKER
• 35A Individually APIECE
• 36A Editorialize OPINE
• 37A Overly self-assertive BRASH
• 38A Like a good sponge cake MOIST
• 39A Down Under bird that scientists are working to “de-extinct” MOA
• 42A Singular, with or without its first letter LONE
• 43A Origin story family in DC Comics KENTS
• 44A Facility GIFT
• 45A Certain care provider, for short EMT
• 46A Re-fresh? RETRO
• 47A It might be marked with an X PORNO
• 48A Linked (with) TIEDIN
• 50A Drive AMBITION
• 52A Harden and become resistant to change OSSIFY
• 53A Life partner, perhaps? CELLMATE
• 54A Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco PESETA
• 55A Treated with respect ESTEEMED

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D How a supervillain might brag SMUGLY
• 2D Flip LOSEIT
• 3D Waiting for support, maybe ONHOLD
• 4D Like untended plots WEEDY
• 5D Funeral ___ PYRE
• 6D Broad band? OBI
• 7D Royal Australian Air Force insignia KANGAROO
• 8D Competition that combines speed with balance EGGANDSPOONRACE
• 9D Professor Dumbledore ALBUS
• 10D Contest BOUT
• 11D Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___ OWL
• 12D The world’s end, in Norse mythology RAGNAROK
• 13D Mr. or Ms. Right TRUELOVE
• 14D Baby sitter? STROLLER
• 21D Half of a classic rum cocktail’s name MAI
• 24D Component of a nautilus shell NACRE
• 25D Eric who wrote and illustrated “Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me” CARLE
• 27D Stick by a fireplace MATCH
• 28D Mantra CHANT
• 29D Nearby things THESE
• 30D Like the pope’s guards SWISS
• 31D Area on which to eat or play cards TABLETOP
• 32D “You can absolutely count on me” IPROMISE
• 33D Figure in sci-fi’s “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” e.g. GIANTESS
• 34D Great illustrations EPITOMES
• 38D Connected MET
• 39D Sister of Moses MIRIAM
• 40D Worth considering OFNOTE
• 41D Made up ATONED
• 43D Nation dubbed the “cradle of mankind” KENYA
• 44D “Understood?” GOTME
• 46D Big break RIFT
• 47D Stack (up) PILE
• 49D Casting need DIE
• 51D Short diner order BLT