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New York Times Crossword December 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 16 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 78 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#
Library acquisitionBOOK4Across1 Insta and SnapAPPS4Across5 StartBEGIN5Across9 Roughly equivalent (to)AKIN4Across14 HomieBRAH4Across15 Maine-to-Florida hwy.USONE5Across16 What shares a key with "(" on a keyboardNINE4Across17 Reason to buy a magazine, perhapsCOVERSTORY10Across18 Hockey feintsDEKES5Across20 Like someone who knows everything about a niche subject, maybeGEEKY5Across22 Prefix with cache or tagGEO3Across23 Person in hot pants?LIAR4Across24 Name on a prestigious awardNOBEL5Across26 It may be blond or paleALE3Across28 DisgustingGROSS5Across31 C-suite typesEXECS5Across33 Last stop before security, oftenBAGCHECK8Across36 Words of communal supportWECARE6Across38 Texter's "Then again …"OTOH4Across39 Groundbreaking 1988 Japanese animated action filmAKIRA5Across40 Orchestra-tuning instrumentOBOE4Across42 NegligentREMISS6Across43 Turnabout, they sayFAIRPLAY8Across45 Tiny amountTRACE5Across47 Pay taxes via the internetEFILE5Across48 Air traveler's infoETA3Across49 Drinks served at fountainsSODAS5Across50 Govt. IDsSSNS4Across52 Down Under land: Abbr.AUS3Across54 Computer acronym since the 1960sASCII5Across56 Inventor NikolaTESLA5Across58 The IBM Simon Personal Communicator is considered the world's first oneSMARTPHONE10Across62 Couple, in gossipITEM4Across65 "Aw, shucks!"OHGEE5Across66 Decorative pitcherEWER4Across67 WackyZANY4Across68 Lords' landsFIEFS5Across69 Tells (on)RATS4Across70 After 1-Across, shelf accessories … or what can be placed "around" the halves of 18-, 36-, 45- and 62-Across to make new phrases?ENDS4Across71

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Genesis or YesBAND4Down1 Many a character in "The Grapes of Wrath"OKIE4Down2 Barnyard soundOINK4Down3 Prepare to be knightedKNEEL5Down4 Epitome of simplicityABC3Down5 Genre for Genesis or Yes, informallyPROGROCK8Down6 Lead (the way)PAVE4Down7 Glossy finishesSHEENS6Down8 Active and enthusiastic sortBUSYBEE7Down9 Approx.EST3Down10 Easily found on the internet, sayGOOGLEABLE10Down11 Memo headingINRE4Down12 Grammy-winning R&B artist whose stage name is said to have been inspired by "The Matrix"NEYO4Down13 Golden Age studio known for many Astaire/Rogers filmsRKO3Down19 You might heave a big oneSIGH4Down21 PlacesAREAS5Down25 Mike in "Breaking Bad," for exampleEXCOP5Down27 Cancel, as a space launchABORT5Down28 Procrastinator's mantraLATER5Down29 What someone seeking validation might needEGOMASSAGE10Down30 Shallow boat with a square sternSKIFF5Down32 Neighbor of a SloveneCROAT5Down34 "Take it easy!"SEEYA5Down35 Brother to GrouchoCHICO5Down37 Mournful criesWAILS5Down38 One in a box at the theater?RAISINET8Down41 TranquilizesSEDATES7Down44 Penalty in MonopolyRENT4Down46 Artist known for his "impossible staircases"ESCHER6Down48 Symbol of divine authority in hieroglyphicsASP3Down51 Grab control ofSEIZE5Down53 Words before a dateASOF4Down54 Tentative greetingUMHI4Down55 The Hawkeye StateIOWA4Down57 Show extreme fandom for, in slangSTAN4Down59 Give temporarilyLEND4Down60 Ryan and Adams of HollywoodAMYS4Down61 Whistle blower or flag throwerREF3Down63 Hosp. hot spotsERS3Down64

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