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New York Times Crossword December 22 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 22 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Deep sleeps51 AcrossReveal answer → High-speed Amtrak train56 AcrossReveal answer → Word with punching or sleeping311 AcrossReveal answer → One of a battery's poles514 AcrossReveal answer → Older but ___515 AcrossReveal answer → Under the weather316 AcrossReveal answer → Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhaps1117 AcrossReveal answer → Day-___ paint319 AcrossReveal answer → "Garfield" dog420 AcrossReveal answer → "It's freezing!"321 AcrossReveal answer → Typical "Survivor" locales522 AcrossReveal answer → Rapper ___ Uzi Vert324 AcrossReveal answer → Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, for two1125 AcrossReveal answer → Fish that may have an electric charge328 AcrossReveal answer → Stammering sounds329 AcrossReveal answer → Indignation730 AcrossReveal answer → What each U.S. senator represents531 AcrossReveal answer → Raggedy ___333 AcrossReveal answer → Breyers competitor434 AcrossReveal answer → Some exams allow them935 AcrossReveal answer → Cops, slangily439 AcrossReveal answer → Rode the bench342 AcrossReveal answer → Yoga pose543 AcrossReveal answer → Enjoying great success747 AcrossReveal answer → What electric cars don't use349 AcrossReveal answer → Like a 49-Across gauge that's near "Empty"351 AcrossReveal answer → Overly fussy1152 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of forensic evidence354 AcrossReveal answer → Pink ___ (rock band)555 AcrossReveal answer → Singer DiFranco356 AcrossReveal answer → Bill457 AcrossReveal answer → Mideast export358 AcrossReveal answer → Cheat … or a punny hint to the four sets of circled letters1159 AcrossReveal answer → French "a"363 AcrossReveal answer → Hearing-related564 AcrossReveal answer → Playwright Chekhov565 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of lamp that's energy-efficient366 AcrossReveal answer → Easily irritated567 AcrossReveal answer → Romeo and Juliet, agewise568 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Persuades with flattery71 DownReveal answer → Doing keto, perhaps72 DownReveal answer → Creator of Firefox and Thunderbird73 DownReveal answer → Woodworking tool44 DownReveal answer → Orderly arrangement: Abbr.35 DownReveal answer → Oscars and Grammys, e.g.66 DownReveal answer → Wispy clouds57 DownReveal answer → Approx.38 DownReveal answer → Harper ___, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"39 DownReveal answer → Monet or Manet610 DownReveal answer → Don't blow it!711 DownReveal answer → Reaction to pollen, e.g.712 DownReveal answer → Shiny coatings713 DownReveal answer → Lyft competitor418 DownReveal answer → Heart attack risk factor623 DownReveal answer → Cherokee maker425 DownReveal answer → "The kissing disease"426 DownReveal answer → Em, to Dorothy427 DownReveal answer → Foot, in baby talk632 DownReveal answer → Word after fire or carpenter333 DownReveal answer → Actor Morales436 DownReveal answer → Drug agent, informally437 DownReveal answer → "No sweat!"438 DownReveal answer → Ball batted up and behind the catcher, say739 DownReveal answer → Length of a pithy joke740 DownReveal answer → Released from jail early741 DownReveal answer → Pasta preference744 DownReveal answer → Nine-sided figure745 DownReveal answer → Stirs from sleep746 DownReveal answer → Is over by648 DownReveal answer → With a light touch649 DownReveal answer → Suffix with problem450 DownReveal answer → Gold standard553 DownReveal answer → Scourge457 DownReveal answer → Shade of color360 DownReveal answer → Surgery sites, in brief361 DownReveal answer → Beanie or bowler362 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, December 22, 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.