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New York Times Crossword December 17 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 17 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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Lock combinations?51 AcrossReveal answer → ___ League46 AcrossReveal answer → Single instruction410 AcrossReveal answer → Enemy W.W. II vessel514 AcrossReveal answer → Turner of old movies415 AcrossReveal answer → Powerful impulse416 AcrossReveal answer → Group of grumps sitting around kvetching?1017 AcrossReveal answer → Elmer's nemesis419 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting, casually420 AcrossReveal answer → A smartphone has lots of these421 AcrossReveal answer → Centerpiece of "The Hobbit"522 AcrossReveal answer → Community property pronoun323 AcrossReveal answer → Like barked orders425 AcrossReveal answer → Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.?1526 AcrossReveal answer → Genre for GloRilla334 AcrossReveal answer → Official mandate635 AcrossReveal answer → Fellow fighter436 AcrossReveal answer → Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana"537 AcrossReveal answer → Mardi Gras day, in brief339 AcrossReveal answer → Works on a muffler, say540 AcrossReveal answer → Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop441 AcrossReveal answer → See 50-Down642 AcrossReveal answer → To and ___344 AcrossReveal answer → Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?1545 AcrossReveal answer → Poindexter448 AcrossReveal answer → TV freebie of a sort349 AcrossReveal answer → Easter Island's country550 AcrossReveal answer → Dark-skinned fruit452 AcrossReveal answer → Pieces of advice455 AcrossReveal answer → Primordial substance459 AcrossReveal answer → Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across1060 AcrossReveal answer → Takes a tour of462 AcrossReveal answer → Compassionate463 AcrossReveal answer → Terra ___564 AcrossReveal answer → Does the math, in a way465 AcrossReveal answer → Pot grower?466 AcrossReveal answer → H, on the N.Y.S.E.567 AcrossReveal answer →

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Tarot suit associated with the element of water41 DownReveal answer → Yamaha product42 DownReveal answer → What makes a stud become studious?43 DownReveal answer → Fully get64 DownReveal answer → Hog's home35 DownReveal answer → "That's a real shame"46 DownReveal answer → Steakhouse order47 DownReveal answer → Marchers in sidewalk cracks48 DownReveal answer → Howl at the moon39 DownReveal answer → Chevy S.U.V.810 DownReveal answer → Authentic1011 DownReveal answer → Ones from platypuses have leathery shells412 DownReveal answer → Fly by night ... or by day413 DownReveal answer → Compact holder518 DownReveal answer → Neighbor of Ont.322 DownReveal answer → Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps424 DownReveal answer → Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchor325 DownReveal answer → Food you might eat wearing a bib526 DownReveal answer → Overplay for the audience527 DownReveal answer → Was the bigger person, say1028 DownReveal answer → Follow, as advice529 DownReveal answer → Have faith in530 DownReveal answer → Canines, e.g.531 DownReveal answer → Mega-532 DownReveal answer → Big name in chicken or boxing533 DownReveal answer → 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma"838 DownReveal answer → "Get Smart" bad guys440 DownReveal answer → Suffix with beat or neat342 DownReveal answer → Throw off543 DownReveal answer → Stick in the ground?346 DownReveal answer → Just about anything on a string647 DownReveal answer → With 42-Across, the Mafia450 DownReveal answer → Cultivated, in a way451 DownReveal answer → Start a turn in Twister452 DownReveal answer → Time to do without453 DownReveal answer → Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers")454 DownReveal answer → Minuscule amount456 DownReveal answer → Short stroke457 DownReveal answer → Batting avg., e.g.458 DownReveal answer → Rocksteady relative360 DownReveal answer → "___ bin ein Berliner"361 DownReveal answer →

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