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New York Times Crossword December 21 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 143 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 21 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 143 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#
Some Arctic transportsSKIPLANES9Across1 S.E.C. football powerhouse, for shortBAMA4Across10 1950s hangout with a jukeboxSODASHOP8Across14 Game piece made of four squaresTETROMINO9Across20 "The Kite Runner" protagonistAMIR4Across21 SkulksPROWLS6Across22 Joins graduallyEASESINTO9Across23 "Doggone it!"DARN4Across24 TreatmentREMEDY6Across25 Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plantANIL4Across26 Wrangler alternativeLEE3Across27 Brightly colored Mediterranean flowersSUNROSES8Across28 Rap's Run-___DMC3Across30 Course catalog?MENU4Across31 When Aries transitions to TaurusAPRIL5Across32 Sweetly, on scoresDOLCE5Across34 "I'll pass"NAH3Across35 Input of certain miningDATA4Across36 Montalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"RICARDO7Across38 Timer settingOVEN4Across40 Areas of influenceSPHERES7Across42 Mental health org.APA3Across45 Fraudulently make seem likePALMOFFAS9Across46 Covers completelyCOATS5Across48 Wyoming peakTETON5Across49 Like a corporation with a new logo, perhapsREBRANDED9Across51 Comment from someone caught in the rainIMSOAKED8Across54 Yellow avenue in MonopolyVENTNOR7Across56 A bit off, sayONSALE6Across58 Hyatt alternativeOMNI4Across59 Hard-boiled genreNOIR4Across60 TheForce.net for "Star Wars," for exampleFANSITE7Across62 Dark sideYIN3Across64 Former big name in browsersNETSCAPE8Across65 U.F.O.-watching org.SETI4Across67 By way of, informallyTHRU4Across68 Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)SABE4Across70 Sailor's patronSTELMO6Across71 Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddessRHIANNON8Across72 DaddyPOP3Across76 Eponymous British financier James ___BARCLAY7Across79 By saying this you mean wellBIEN4Across81 Wrap sellerDELI4Across82 Adopted, as a petTOOKIN6Across83 Wasn't folded in a suitcase, sayLAYFLAT7Across85 Developed, as baby teethGREWIN6Across87 Sci-fi miniaturizerSHRINKRAY9Across89 EmanationsAURAS5Across91 Boldly faceBRAVE5Across93 Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g.CAESAR6Across94 Guardians, on a scoreboardCLE3Across95 Bit of birdspeakCHITTER7Across96 Damp, mildewy qualityMUST4Across98 They hold waterVESSELS7Across99 SilenceHUSH4Across102 Lying faceupSUPINE6Across103 ___ Park, Calif.MENLO5Across104 AirETHER5Across105 Disney subsidiaryESPN4Across107 A little help?ELF3Across111 Evaded, as a sensitive issueDANCEDAROUND12Across112 Some pings, in briefIMS3Across114 "Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry)THEE4Across115 Skips overELIDES6Across116 Few and far betweenRARE4Across118 Regulars at parks with ramps, informallySKATERATS9Across119 Reply after having one's memory joggedYESYES6Across121 Some time agoONCE4Across122 "What's done is done!"GETOVERIT9Across123 Stick (to)ADHERE6Across124 Garden interloperWEED4Across125 Church parts crossing navesTRANSEPTS9Across126

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Make furiousSTEAM5Down1 "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___KEANE5Down2 Tennis line judge's rulingITSIN5Down3 Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you"PRELUDETOAKISS14Down4 West side of L.A.?LOS3Down5 "Is there still time for me to join you?"AMILATE7Down6 51 to the hourNINEPAST8Down7 Stage directionENTER5Down8 Phillipa of BroadwaySOO3Down9 Grammy winner ErykahBADU4Down10 ___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poetAMANDA6Down11 CopyMIRROR6Down12 Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshmentsARNOLDPALMERS13Down13 Spending rompSPREE5Down14 Output of certain miningORES4Down15 Counterpart of a subDOM3Down16 Fast start?ASHWEDNESDAY12Down17 Father, familiarlyOLDMAN6Down18 Mentally overpower, with "out"PSYCH5Down19 Like most moccasinsSLIPON6Down28 Great Dane of cartoons, informallySCOOB5Down29 More lividIRATER6Down33 Keister, in LeicesterARSE4Down37 2015 chart-topping hit for the WeekndCANTFEELMYFACE14Down39 Symbolic for its timeOFANERA7Down40 Shoe company with an iconic checkerboard designVANS4Down41 DescendantSCION5Down42 Apple: Fr.POMME5Down43 Is withoutHASNT5Down44 Rabid in appearanceFROTHING8Down47 Woman's nickname that sounds like two lettersEVIE4Down50 Rice-A-___RONI4Down51 "Borderlands" director ___ RothELI3Down52 Hiding placeDEN3Down53 Gene pools?DNABANKS8Down55 Org. with its own alphabetNATO4Down57 Abbr. not found on most smartphonesOPER4Down61 "Aren't ___ lucky one?!"ITHE4Down63 It has a lot of secretariesCABINET7Down66 Shirt collar stiffenerSTAY4Down67 Where to find six "presents" in this puzzle?UNDERTHETREE12Down69 Knock ’em deadSLAY4Down71 Coolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy"RITA4Down72 Just getting started withNEWAT5Down73 Green shadeOLIVE5Down74 What Joe Montana was in the '80sNINER5Down75 A TD scores six of thesePTS3Down76 "Fancy, that!"OOH3Down77 Prickly denizen of coral reefsPORCUPINEFISH13Down78 Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey TrialCLARENCEDARROW14Down80 Most minimalBAREST6Down81 Some Korean exportsKIAS4Down84 Calmed deceptivelyLULLED6Down86 Baseball slugger's statRBIS4Down88 Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones"RAVEN5Down90 BlueprintsSCHEMATA8Down92 Author Zora Neale ___HURSTON7Down97 Noodled on, with "over"MULLED6Down98 Girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"SLOANE6Down100 InformantSOURCE6Down101 "Ta-ta!"SEEYA5Down103 Tricky pool shotMASSE5Down104 Someone enjoying a walk in the parkHIKER5Down106 Mentally with itSHARP5Down108 ___ fourPETIT5Down109 Fits one inside the otherNESTS5Down110 Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___DEER4Down112 EssentialNEED4Down113 It might be good for a changeDYE3Down117 One who knows the drill?: Abbr.SGT3Down119 Teslas, e.g., for shortEVS3Down120

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, December 21, 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.