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New York Times Crossword December 15 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 15 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 76 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#
___ NicholasSAINT5Across1 Judge's seat, from the FrenchBANC4Across6 N.Y.C. airportJFK3Across10 "Star Wars" droid, familiarlyARTOO5Across13 Side's length squared, for a squareAREA4Across14 Thrilla in Manila boxerALI3Across15 Recharge one's batteriesRESTUP6Across16 Prepared to batheDISROBED8Across18 Cool ___ cucumberASA3Across20 "Balderdash!"LIES4Across21 Filled in (for), for shortSUBBED6Across23 Schmoozed (with)HOBNOBBED9Across24 Good, long bathSOAK4Across27 Slight injury from trippingSTUBBEDTOE10Across28 Bridge supportTRUSS5Across30 Karl Marx's "___ Kapital"DAS3Across32 Do one better thanTOP3Across33 President HooverHERBERT7Across36 "You take credit cards?" responseYESWEDO7Across39 UnconventionalODD3Across42 Alternative to the pill, in briefIUD3Across43 Dog-___ (like the pages in some books)EARED5Across45 Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles forDUBBEDFILM10Across46 Location for a goatee or soul patchCHIN4Across50 EnchantedBEDAZZLED9Across52 Big-beaked tropical birdTOUCAN6Across55 One-named Brazilian soccer starPELE4Across57 "If you ask me …," to textersIMO3Across58 Camp sleeping spots … or a hint to this puzzle's circled lettersBUNKBEDS8Across59 Sci-fi writer IsaacASIMOV6Across61 Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.?APT3Across63 Tales of yoreLORE4Across64 Join in marriageUNITE5Across65 Lo-___ graphicsRES3Across66 One-named Grammy winner from IrelandENYA4Across67 ___ CottontailPETER5Across68

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Wife of Abraham, in the BibleSARAH5Down1 "You ___ right!"ARESO5Down2 "Ridiculous!"ITSABSURD9Down3 "I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World"NOT3Down4 Artist Henri de ___-LautrecTOULOUSE8Down5 One who's rotten from the startBADSEED7Down6 Singer Grande, to fansARI3Down7 Loch ___ monsterNESS4Down8 Opera great EnricoCARUSO6Down9 Sluglike "Star Wars" crime bossJABBA5Down10 On ___ (looking great, in slang)FLEEK5Down11 Colonial-era pirate captainKIDD4Down12 Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor)PIBB4Down17 Orchestral woodwindOBOE4Down19 Be on the waneEBB3Down22 Crash-investigating org.NTSB4Down25 Turning point in W.W. IIDDAY4Down26 When doubled, an African flyTSE3Down29 But, brieflyTHO3Down30 Like a ripe strawberryRED3Down31 Re-election restrictionTERMLIMIT9Down33 Many a Wordsworth poemODE3Down34 Pea holderPOD3Down35 Part of a barbecue rackRIB3Down37 Ernest in the Country Music Hall of FameTUBB4Down38 Suddenly stops working, as an engineSEIZESUP8Down40 Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mateWALZ4Down41 Beyond the continental shelf, sayDEEPSEA7Down44 Comic actor Van DykeDICK4Down46 Lacking the capacityUNABLE6Down47 Prez before 10-AcrossDDE3Down48 "Deck the Halls" syllablesFALA4Down49 Two-door autoCOUPE5Down50 Outings for foxhoundsHUNTS5Down51 Show feelings onstageEMOTE5Down53 Capital of DelawareDOVER5Down54 Lift on the slopesTBAR4Down55 Like bright signs on the Las Vegas StripNEON4Down56 Funny in a subtle wayDRY3Down60 Suffix with Benedict or elephantINE3Down62

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, December 15, 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.