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New York Times Crossword December 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 16 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
Library acquisition41 AcrossReveal answer → Insta and Snap45 AcrossReveal answer → Start59 AcrossReveal answer → Roughly equivalent (to)414 AcrossReveal answer → Homie415 AcrossReveal answer → Maine-to-Florida hwy.516 AcrossReveal answer → What shares a key with "(" on a keyboard417 AcrossReveal answer → Reason to buy a magazine, perhaps1018 AcrossReveal answer → Hockey feints520 AcrossReveal answer → Like someone who knows everything about a niche subject, maybe522 AcrossReveal answer → Prefix with cache or tag323 AcrossReveal answer → Person in hot pants?424 AcrossReveal answer → Name on a prestigious award526 AcrossReveal answer → It may be blond or pale328 AcrossReveal answer → Disgusting531 AcrossReveal answer → C-suite types533 AcrossReveal answer → Last stop before security, often836 AcrossReveal answer → Words of communal support638 AcrossReveal answer → Texter's "Then again …"439 AcrossReveal answer → Groundbreaking 1988 Japanese animated action film540 AcrossReveal answer → Orchestra-tuning instrument442 AcrossReveal answer → Negligent643 AcrossReveal answer → Turnabout, they say845 AcrossReveal answer → Tiny amount547 AcrossReveal answer → Pay taxes via the internet548 AcrossReveal answer → Air traveler's info349 AcrossReveal answer → Drinks served at fountains550 AcrossReveal answer → Govt. IDs452 AcrossReveal answer → Down Under land: Abbr.354 AcrossReveal answer → Computer acronym since the 1960s556 AcrossReveal answer → Inventor Nikola558 AcrossReveal answer → The IBM Simon Personal Communicator is considered the world's first one1062 AcrossReveal answer → Couple, in gossip465 AcrossReveal answer → "Aw, shucks!"566 AcrossReveal answer → Decorative pitcher467 AcrossReveal answer → Wacky468 AcrossReveal answer → Lords' lands569 AcrossReveal answer → Tells (on)470 AcrossReveal answer → After 1-Across, shelf accessories … or what can be placed "around" the halves of 18-, 36-, 45- and 62-Across to make new phrases?471 AcrossReveal answer →

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Genesis or Yes41 DownReveal answer → Many a character in "The Grapes of Wrath"42 DownReveal answer → Barnyard sound43 DownReveal answer → Prepare to be knighted54 DownReveal answer → Epitome of simplicity35 DownReveal answer → Genre for Genesis or Yes, informally86 DownReveal answer → Lead (the way)47 DownReveal answer → Glossy finishes68 DownReveal answer → Active and enthusiastic sort79 DownReveal answer → Approx.310 DownReveal answer → Easily found on the internet, say1011 DownReveal answer → Memo heading412 DownReveal answer → Grammy-winning R&B artist whose stage name is said to have been inspired by "The Matrix"413 DownReveal answer → Golden Age studio known for many Astaire/Rogers films319 DownReveal answer → You might heave a big one421 DownReveal answer → Places525 DownReveal answer → Mike in "Breaking Bad," for example527 DownReveal answer → Cancel, as a space launch528 DownReveal answer → Procrastinator's mantra529 DownReveal answer → What someone seeking validation might need1030 DownReveal answer → Shallow boat with a square stern532 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of a Slovene534 DownReveal answer → "Take it easy!"535 DownReveal answer → Brother to Groucho537 DownReveal answer → Mournful cries538 DownReveal answer → One in a box at the theater?841 DownReveal answer → Tranquilizes744 DownReveal answer → Penalty in Monopoly446 DownReveal answer → Artist known for his "impossible staircases"648 DownReveal answer → Symbol of divine authority in hieroglyphics351 DownReveal answer → Grab control of553 DownReveal answer → Words before a date454 DownReveal answer → Tentative greeting455 DownReveal answer → The Hawkeye State457 DownReveal answer → Show extreme fandom for, in slang459 DownReveal answer → Give temporarily460 DownReveal answer → Ryan and Adams of Hollywood461 DownReveal answer → Whistle blower or flag thrower363 DownReveal answer → Hosp. hot spots364 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, December 16, 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.