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New York Times Crossword December 18 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 18 2025 answers. The Thursday 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#
"We're the best!," e.g.BOAST5Across1 Lengthy pitchSPIEL5Across6 Web access co.ISP3Across11 Mushroom in ramenENOKI5Across14 TrunksTORSI5Across15 Platoon sgt., e.g.NCO3Across16 Feats performed on knights' questsDARINGRESQQ11Across17 "Platoon" setting, for shortNAM3Across19 ___ tightSIT3Across20 Dig inEAT3Across21 Appropriate inappropriatelyUSURP5Across22 Go off onRAILAT6Across24 Bear with a messageSMOKEY6Across27 "Colorful" Atlantic Coast Conference teamSYRAQQORANGE12Across29 HelpfulOFUSE5Across32 Some radar blipsUFOS4Across35 Reveal private data of, in modern lingoDOX3Across36 Mama's mamaNANA4Across37 Jake's love in "The Sun Also Rises"BRETT5Across38 Bit of aerial arts equipmentHOOP4Across40 Word with ball or cardCUE3Across41 Lake ___, body formerly known as Lac du ChatERIE4Across42 BotchMISDO5Across43 Follow-up to an oathEXQQMYFRENCH12Across44 Fluid for a lighterBUTANE6Across48 Crosses offXESOUT6Across49 Get schooledLEARN5Across52 Volleyball team countSIX3Across53 OK signalNOD3Across54 Off-line, onlineIRL3Across56 Point at the wrong personUNJUSTLYAQQ11Across57 The time of one's life?AGE3Across62 He said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it"EBERT5Across63 Smooth transitionSEGUE5Across64 Visibly embarrassedRED3Across65 Alley componentsLANES5Across66 Preserved, in a wayDRIED5Across67

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Some queensBEDS4Down1 LiveONAIR5Down2 It comes from the heartAORTA5Down3 Glide down a pisteSKI3Down4 ___ soldierTIN3Down5 LevelsSTRATA6Down6 One versed in versePOET4Down7 Agcy. that takes many formsIRS3Down8 Title for a J.D.ESQ3Down9 SpiritsLIQUORS7Down10 "That's what she said" and othersINNUENDOS9Down11 Beyond impressive, informallySCARYGOOD9Down12 CeremonyPOMP4Down13 One of several in a watchGEAR4Down18 Caribbean music genreSKA3Down23 Rae of "Insecure"ISSA4Down25 NaOHLYE3Down26 About 35,000 for the Taj Mahal: Abbr.SQFT4Down27 No longer relevantMOOT4Down28 ___ Nation (activist organization since 1990)QUEER5Down30 FairEXPO4Down31 T.H. White's "The ___ and Future King"ONCE4Down32 Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g.FAUXBERGE9Down33 In a class by oneselfUNEQUALED9Down34 ___ MawrBRYN4Down38 Teeming (with)RIFE4Down39 Greeting from KermitHIHO4Down40 Name that sounds like a computer guidebookEMANUEL7Down42 Hosts, for shortMCS3Down43 N.F.L. div.QTR3Down45 LivesEXISTS6Down46 Coming right upNEXT4Down47 Eel, at a sushi barUNAGI5Down50 "Ratatouille" topperTOQUE5Down51 Fabrication expertLIAR4Down52 "I guess so"SURE4Down53 Barred from competing, for shortDQED4Down55 Trail Blazers' grp.NBA3Down58 "Severance" actress TullockJEN3Down59 Microdosing drugLSD3Down60 "Quit ___ yappin'!"YER3Down61

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