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New York Times Crossword December 12 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 12 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 70 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Some free spots, for shortPSAS4Across1 GroundsCAUSE5Across5 Doesn't just talkACTS4Across10 "You're telling me!"IKNOWRIGHT10Across14 Word with wet or sweatSUIT4Across16 Conspiracy theorist's accessoryTINFOILHAT10Across17 "Don't leave me!," e.g.PLEA4Across18 16 in a Sweet SixteenTEAMS5Across19 Main component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrumentWASHTUB7Across20 Personal recordsBESTS5Across22 Padlocked fastenersHASPS5Across25 Variety of orange named for a European cityVALENCIA8Across26 What blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimesMOLT4Across29 Jobs announcement of 2010IPAD4Across30 News feed, perhapsRAWFOOTAGE10Across31 [Waaaaah!]SOB3Across35 Thick confection used for cake icingFONDANT7Across36 Part of a golf clubTOE3Across37 See 5-DownAPPLESAUCE10Across38 BinaryDUAL4Across40 SuccorsAIDS4Across41 Photo session workersSTYLISTS8Across42 Ace, e.g.SERVE5Across44 Skater's braking method with the back foot positioned horizontallyTSTOP5Across46 Relative of a craft fairARTEXPO7Across47 "Duino Elegies" poetRILKE5Across50 Saves, as a digital locationPINS4Across53 Clichéd line from the side of a product packageASSEENONTV10Across54 It's cool to drinkICEE4Across58 "I haven't told you the best part ..."THERESMORE10Across59 Impressively accurate pass, in football slangDART4Across60 FloatsHANGS5Across61 Give a bad hand?ABET4Across62

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StonePIT3Down1 Vaudeville highlightSKIT4Down2 Pulitzer-winning journalist ApplebaumANNE4Down3 You might pull one out for a guestSOFABED7Down4 With 38-Across, one way to sitCRISSCROSS10Down5 Feel grossAIL3Down6 "Gross"UGH3Down7 Playwright who wrote "You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'"SHAW4Down8 "Tell Mama" singer JamesETTA4Down9 Rocky road ingredient?ASPHALT7Down10 Distinction for a classic underground workCULTSTATUS10Down11 BindTIEUP5Down12 Sticks a fork inSTABS5Down13 Part of NOWWOMEN5Down15 "Fiddlesticks!"SHOOT5Down21 Disney princess in New OrleansTIANA5Down23 Workshop debrisSAWDUST7Down24 Possible need for entryVISA4Down26 EachAPOP4Down27 Colleague who might be solutions-oriented?LABPARTNER10Down28 Tropical plants said to bring good fortuneMONEYTREES10Down29 "That's the truth"FACTS5Down32 Kid's parentGOAT4Down33 Hagfish lookalikesEELS4Down34 Company whose logo has a hidden arrow between its fourth and fifth lettersFEDEX5Down36 Performance that isn't prerecordedLIVESET7Down39 Word from the Greek for "folded paper"DIPLOMA7Down40 Butcher shop buysLOINS5Down43 Pleasing to the palateSAPID5Down44 "Buss It" rapper ___ BanksERICA5Down45 WayPATH4Down48 Arm of the Dept. of LaborOSHA4Down49 Part of a cabinetKNOB4Down51 French 101 verbETRE4Down52 Whitehouse in D.C., e.g.: Abbr.SEN3Down55 Physics unit equivalent to roughly 624 gigaelectronvoltsERG3Down56 Thoroughly evaluateVET3Down57

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, December 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.