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New York Times Crossword December 2 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 2 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#
Posts on a battleship, sayMASTS5Across1 Comic Idle of Monty PythonERIC4Across6 Sport with striking and grappling, for shortMMA3Across10 "Grrr!"IMMAD5Across13 Pro ___ (fairly divided)RATA4Across14 Ray of lightBEAM4Across15 Cozy cornersNOOKS5Across16 Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.)DIEM4Across17 Breakfast brand originally known as FrofflesEGGO4Across18 One of 14 in New York's Liberty IslandACRE4Across19 "Please help!"SOS3Across20 Decadent dessertECLAIR6Across21 Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actorJOEPESCI8Across23 British "facilities"LAV3Across25 Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable nameONE3Across26 The Hawks and the Pelicans, for twoNBATEAMS8Across27 Longtime home of Stephen ColbertCBSTV5Across32 A million years, so to speakAGES4Across35 Go on for-ev-erDRAG4Across36 Many a TikToker's music renditionLIPSYNC7Across37 Deep downATHEART7Across39 "That being said …," to a texterOTOH4Across41 Like most audiobooks before the rise of streamingONCD4Across42 "We have the meats" sloganeerARBYS5Across44 Herbal remedy in a cleanseDETOXTEA8Across45 Blue Moon, for oneALE3Across47 "If it be now, ___ not to come": HamletTIS3Across48 Family-friendly film farePGMOVIES8Across49 The "O" of A.O.C.OCASIO6Across54 Little devilIMP3Across57 Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of MunchOSLO4Across58 Fizzy drinkCOLA4Across59 Weak, submissive person, in modern slangBETA4Across60 Wing it onstageADLIB5Across62 BlastHOOT4Across63 "Superfruit" whose name has two diacriticsACAI4Across64 Carhop's article of footwearSKATE5Across65 Go (for)OPT3Across66 Sweet personDOLL4Across67 Not nearly as coolLAMER5Across68

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Nicki ___, "Starships" rapperMINAJ5Down1 Gas brand owned by BPAMOCO5Down2 Dessert item usually eaten moments after it's madeSMORE5Down3 Criticize unfairlyTAKEPOTSHOTSAT14Down4 1960s antiwar grp.SDS3Down5 Hospital staffer, for shortERDOC5Down6 With 43-Down, seeking funding from investors … or what you're doing in 4-, 9-, 15- and 38-Down?RAISING7Down7 Suffix with Manhattan or BrooklynITE3Down8 Brought up the rearCAMELAST8Down9 Prefix that's bigger than kilo-MEGA4Down10 Bible figures invoked by O. HenryMAGI4Down11 Love of Spanish?AMOR4Down12 Grey Goose competitorBELVEDEREVODKA14Down15 Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir.SSE3Down20 Hairball hackerCAT3Down22 Subject of the Tenth CommandmentENVY4Down24 Bit in a friendship braceletBEAD4Down28 Many a Mideast nativeARAB4Down29 1970s sitcom title character who "can turn the world on with her smile"MARY4Down30 Superiors to cpls.SGTS4Down31 OafCLOD4Down32 What spicy food hasBITE4Down33 Lay eyes onSPOT4Down34 Clearasil targetACNE4Down35 "Huh, better than I expected"NOTSOBAD8Down38 Ring of lightHALO4Down40 See 7-DownCAPITAL7Down43 Top of the hour?XII3Down46 Electric guitarist's accessoryAMP3Down47 Communication system for almost two billion peopleGMAIL5Down50 Belief system for almost two billion peopleISLAM5Down51 Top-tierELITE5Down52 Not drunkSOBER5Down53 Dos cubedOCHO4Down54 Business that's owned and managed by its membersCOOP4Down55 FrequentlyALOT4Down56 Prefix with consciousECO3Down61 Communication syst. in which the letter Z is drawn with one's index fingerASL3Down62

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, December 2, 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.