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New York Times Crossword December 20 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 20 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 64 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#
Sampras rival during the 1990sAGASSI6Across1 Get on boardEMBARK6Across7 Let off steam, perhapsVENTED6Across13 Perry Como or Bing CrosbyCROONER7Across14 Frustrated and making poor decisions, informallyONTILT6Across15 #1 on Wired magazine's list of the 10 most influential video games of the 2010sFORTNITE8Across16 "Aren't we all hoity-toity?!"WELLLADIDAH11Across17 Generate clippings, sayMOW3Across19 First name in hog ridingEVEL4Across20 Established factGIVEN5Across21 Let go ofFIRE4Across22 Body layerDERMA5Across23 Events at which to release one's inner geekNERDFESTS9Across25 Makers of frightening but (thankfully) rare marine attacksORCAS5Across27 Source of half the world's sugar during the late 1800sBEETS5Across29 Higher power?SOLAR5Across30 They're stokedCOALS5Across31 Word with blue or openSKIES5Across32 Speak, as thou mightSAYST5Across33 Kind of beard that follows the jawlineCHINSTRAP9Across34 DunderheadedTHICK5Across36 "You ___?"RANG4Across40 PuntedPOLED5Across41 Foe of the Iroquois during the Beaver WarsERIE4Across43 Org. that's gone to the dogs?AKC3Across44 [womp, womp]SADTROMBONE11Across45 Major magazine piecesFEATURES8Across47 Delicatessen offeringREUBEN6Across49 Loser of the 2025 World SeriesTORONTO7Across50 Where to follow local customs, it's saidINROME6Across51 UnderhandedSNEAKY6Across52 Beach shadeSUNTAN6Across53

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
SwornAVOWED6Down1 City, lake or canton de SuisseGENEVE6Down2 Tip on quite a few bucks?ANTLER6Down3 Extremely rare, facetiouslySTILLMOOING11Down4 Act bearishlySELL4Down5 What might come with some baggage?IDTAG5Down6 DogsbodyERRANDBOY9Down7 Io or lunaMOTH4Down8 When repeated, a small treatBON3Down9 Shamans, typicallyANIMISTS8Down10 Claps backRETORTS7Down11 Mardi Gras parading societiesKREWES6Down12 Tech jobCODER5Down14 Bills first introduced in 1861FIVES5Down16 Currency of SerbiaDINAR5Down18 Exercise almost to a point of painFEELTHEBURN11Down22 Van Gogh retreat in southern FranceARLES5Down24 Significant spreadFEAST5Down26 Post-show celebrationCASTPARTY9Down28 Some spa treatmentsSKINCARE8Down30 EscapadeCAPER5Down31 Agree to, in a waySHAKEON7Down32 Bath ___SALTS5Down33 FashionsCRAFTS6Down34 Clown localeRODEO5Down35 Futuristic sci-fi classic with tales set in 2021 and 2029IROBOT6Down37 Field of the annual César AwardsCINEMA6Down38 One of the Wayans brothersKEENEN6Down39 Day at the moviesDORIS5Down42 Like some costsSUNK4Down45 Many a drop-downMENU4Down46 ___ TTOA3Down48

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, December 20, 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.