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New York Times Crossword December 18 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 18 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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"We're the best!," e.g.51 AcrossReveal answer → Lengthy pitch56 AcrossReveal answer → Web access co.311 AcrossReveal answer → Mushroom in ramen514 AcrossReveal answer → Trunks515 AcrossReveal answer → Platoon sgt., e.g.316 AcrossReveal answer → Feats performed on knights' quests1117 AcrossReveal answer → "Platoon" setting, for short319 AcrossReveal answer → ___ tight320 AcrossReveal answer → Dig in321 AcrossReveal answer → Appropriate inappropriately522 AcrossReveal answer → Go off on624 AcrossReveal answer → Bear with a message627 AcrossReveal answer → "Colorful" Atlantic Coast Conference team1229 AcrossReveal answer → Helpful532 AcrossReveal answer → Some radar blips435 AcrossReveal answer → Reveal private data of, in modern lingo336 AcrossReveal answer → Mama's mama437 AcrossReveal answer → Jake's love in "The Sun Also Rises"538 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of aerial arts equipment440 AcrossReveal answer → Word with ball or card341 AcrossReveal answer → Lake ___, body formerly known as Lac du Chat442 AcrossReveal answer → Botch543 AcrossReveal answer → Follow-up to an oath1244 AcrossReveal answer → Fluid for a lighter648 AcrossReveal answer → Crosses off649 AcrossReveal answer → Get schooled552 AcrossReveal answer → Volleyball team count353 AcrossReveal answer → OK signal354 AcrossReveal answer → Off-line, online356 AcrossReveal answer → Point at the wrong person1157 AcrossReveal answer → The time of one's life?362 AcrossReveal answer → He said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it"563 AcrossReveal answer → Smooth transition564 AcrossReveal answer → Visibly embarrassed365 AcrossReveal answer → Alley components566 AcrossReveal answer → Preserved, in a way567 AcrossReveal answer →

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Some queens41 DownReveal answer → Live52 DownReveal answer → It comes from the heart53 DownReveal answer → Glide down a piste34 DownReveal answer → ___ soldier35 DownReveal answer → Levels66 DownReveal answer → One versed in verse47 DownReveal answer → Agcy. that takes many forms38 DownReveal answer → Title for a J.D.39 DownReveal answer → Spirits710 DownReveal answer → "That's what she said" and others911 DownReveal answer → Beyond impressive, informally912 DownReveal answer → Ceremony413 DownReveal answer → One of several in a watch418 DownReveal answer → Caribbean music genre323 DownReveal answer → Rae of "Insecure"425 DownReveal answer → NaOH326 DownReveal answer → About 35,000 for the Taj Mahal: Abbr.427 DownReveal answer → No longer relevant428 DownReveal answer → ___ Nation (activist organization since 1990)530 DownReveal answer → Fair431 DownReveal answer → T.H. White's "The ___ and Future King"432 DownReveal answer → Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g.933 DownReveal answer → In a class by oneself934 DownReveal answer → ___ Mawr438 DownReveal answer → Teeming (with)439 DownReveal answer → Greeting from Kermit440 DownReveal answer → Name that sounds like a computer guidebook742 DownReveal answer → Hosts, for short343 DownReveal answer → N.F.L. div.345 DownReveal answer → Lives646 DownReveal answer → Coming right up447 DownReveal answer → Eel, at a sushi bar550 DownReveal answer → "Ratatouille" topper551 DownReveal answer → Fabrication expert452 DownReveal answer → "I guess so"453 DownReveal answer → Barred from competing, for short455 DownReveal answer → Trail Blazers' grp.358 DownReveal answer → "Severance" actress Tullock359 DownReveal answer → Microdosing drug360 DownReveal answer → "Quit ___ yappin'!"361 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, December 18, 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.