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New York Times Crossword December 15 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 15 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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ClueLetters#Answer
___ Nicholas51 AcrossReveal answer → Judge's seat, from the French46 AcrossReveal answer → N.Y.C. airport310 AcrossReveal answer → "Star Wars" droid, familiarly513 AcrossReveal answer → Side's length squared, for a square414 AcrossReveal answer → Thrilla in Manila boxer315 AcrossReveal answer → Recharge one's batteries616 AcrossReveal answer → Prepared to bathe818 AcrossReveal answer → Cool ___ cucumber320 AcrossReveal answer → "Balderdash!"421 AcrossReveal answer → Filled in (for), for short623 AcrossReveal answer → Schmoozed (with)924 AcrossReveal answer → Good, long bath427 AcrossReveal answer → Slight injury from tripping1028 AcrossReveal answer → Bridge support530 AcrossReveal answer → Karl Marx's "___ Kapital"332 AcrossReveal answer → Do one better than333 AcrossReveal answer → President Hoover736 AcrossReveal answer → "You take credit cards?" response739 AcrossReveal answer → Unconventional342 AcrossReveal answer → Alternative to the pill, in brief343 AcrossReveal answer → Dog-___ (like the pages in some books)545 AcrossReveal answer → Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for1046 AcrossReveal answer → Location for a goatee or soul patch450 AcrossReveal answer → Enchanted952 AcrossReveal answer → Big-beaked tropical bird655 AcrossReveal answer → One-named Brazilian soccer star457 AcrossReveal answer → "If you ask me …," to texters358 AcrossReveal answer → Camp sleeping spots … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters859 AcrossReveal answer → Sci-fi writer Isaac661 AcrossReveal answer → Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.?363 AcrossReveal answer → Tales of yore464 AcrossReveal answer → Join in marriage565 AcrossReveal answer → Lo-___ graphics366 AcrossReveal answer → One-named Grammy winner from Ireland467 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Cottontail568 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Wife of Abraham, in the Bible51 DownReveal answer → "You ___ right!"52 DownReveal answer → "Ridiculous!"93 DownReveal answer → "I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World"34 DownReveal answer → Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec85 DownReveal answer → One who's rotten from the start76 DownReveal answer → Singer Grande, to fans37 DownReveal answer → Loch ___ monster48 DownReveal answer → Opera great Enrico69 DownReveal answer → Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss510 DownReveal answer → On ___ (looking great, in slang)511 DownReveal answer → Colonial-era pirate captain412 DownReveal answer → Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor)417 DownReveal answer → Orchestral woodwind419 DownReveal answer → Be on the wane322 DownReveal answer → Crash-investigating org.425 DownReveal answer → Turning point in W.W. II426 DownReveal answer → When doubled, an African fly329 DownReveal answer → But, briefly330 DownReveal answer → Like a ripe strawberry331 DownReveal answer → Re-election restriction933 DownReveal answer → Many a Wordsworth poem334 DownReveal answer → Pea holder335 DownReveal answer → Part of a barbecue rack337 DownReveal answer → Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame438 DownReveal answer → Suddenly stops working, as an engine840 DownReveal answer → Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate441 DownReveal answer → Beyond the continental shelf, say744 DownReveal answer → Comic actor Van Dyke446 DownReveal answer → Lacking the capacity647 DownReveal answer → Prez before 10-Across348 DownReveal answer → "Deck the Halls" syllables449 DownReveal answer → Two-door auto550 DownReveal answer → Outings for foxhounds551 DownReveal answer → Show feelings onstage553 DownReveal answer → Capital of Delaware554 DownReveal answer → Lift on the slopes455 DownReveal answer → Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip456 DownReveal answer → Funny in a subtle way360 DownReveal answer → Suffix with Benedict or elephant362 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, December 15, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.