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New York Times Crossword December 17 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 17 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Lock combinations?COIFS5Across1 ___ LeagueARAB4Across6 Single instructionSTEP4Across10 Enemy W.W. II vesselUBOAT5Across14 Turner of old moviesLANA4Across15 Powerful impulseURGE4Across16 Group of grumps sitting around kvetching?POUTYPARTY10Across17 Elmer's nemesisBUGS4Across19 Meeting, casuallySESH4Across20 A smartphone has lots of theseUSES4Across21 Centerpiece of "The Hobbit"QUEST5Across22 Community property pronounOUR3Across23 Like barked ordersCURT4Across25 Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.?CHAMPSATTHEBOUT15Across26 Genre for GloRillaRAP3Across34 Official mandateDECREE6Across35 Fellow fighterALLY4Across36 Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana"AMOCO5Across37 Mardi Gras day, in briefTUE3Across39 Works on a muffler, sayKNITS5Across40 Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shopBULL4Across41 See 50-DownNOSTRA6Across42 To and ___FRO3Across44 Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?SPOUTINTHEOCEAN15Across45 PoindexterGEEK4Across48 TV freebie of a sortPSA3Across49 Easter Island's countryCHILE5Across50 Dark-skinned fruitSLOE4Across52 Pieces of adviceTIPS4Across55 Primordial substanceOOZE4Across59 Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-AcrossSPELLITOUT10Across60 Takes a tour ofSEES4Across62 CompassionateKIND4Across63 Terra ___COTTA5Across64 Does the math, in a wayADDS4Across65 Pot grower?ANTE4Across66 H, on the N.Y.S.E.HYATT5Across67

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Tarot suit associated with the element of waterCUPS4Down1 Yamaha productOBOE4Down2 What makes a stud become studious?IOUS4Down3 Fully getFATHOM6Down4 Hog's homeSTY3Down5 "That's a real shame"ALAS4Down6 Steakhouse orderRARE4Down7 Marchers in sidewalk cracksANTS4Down8 Howl at the moonBAY3Down9 Chevy S.U.V.SUBURBAN8Down10 AuthenticTRUETOLIFE10Down11 Ones from platypuses have leathery shellsEGGS4Down12 Fly by night ... or by dayPEST4Down13 Compact holderPURSE5Down18 Neighbor of Ont.QUE3Down22 Red carpet hairstyle, perhapsUPDO4Down24 Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchorCHE3Down25 Food you might eat wearing a bibCRABS5Down26 Overplay for the audienceHAMUP5Down27 Was the bigger person, sayAPOLOGIZED10Down28 Follow, as adviceACTON5Down29 Have faith inTRUST5Down30 Canines, e.g.TEETH5Down31 Mega-ULTRA5Down32 Big name in chicken or boxingTYSON5Down33 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma"CLUELESS8Down38 "Get Smart" bad guysKAOS4Down40 Suffix with beat or neatNIK3Down42 Throw offREPEL5Down43 Stick in the ground?TEE3Down46 Just about anything on a stringCATTOY6Down47 With 42-Across, the MafiaCOSA4Down50 Cultivated, in a wayHOED4Down51 Start a turn in TwisterSPIN4Down52 Time to do withoutLENT4Down53 Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers")OLDE4Down54 Minuscule amountIOTA4Down56 Short strokePUTT4Down57 Batting avg., e.g.STAT4Down58 Rocksteady relativeSKA3Down60 "___ bin ein Berliner"ICH3Down61

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, December 17, 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.