New York Times Crossword December 22 2025 Answers
Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 22 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 76 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Deep sleepsCOMAS5Across1
High-speed Amtrak trainACELA5Across6
Word with punching or sleepingBAG3Across11
One of a battery's polesANODE5Across14
Older but ___WISER5Across15
Under the weatherILL3Across16
Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhapsJAZZQUARTET11Across17
Day-___ paintGLO3Across19
"Garfield" dogODIE4Across20
"It's freezing!"BRR3Across21
Typical "Survivor" localesISLES5Across22
Rapper ___ Uzi VertLIL3Across24
Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, for twoJEDIMASTERS11Across25
Fish that may have an electric chargeEEL3Across28
Stammering soundsERS3Across29
IndignationOUTRAGE7Across30
What each U.S. senator representsSTATE5Across31
Raggedy ___ANN3Across33
Breyers competitorEDYS4Across34
Some exams allow themOPENNOTES9Across35
Cops, slangilyPOPO4Across39
Rode the benchSAT3Across42
Yoga poseASANA5Across43
Enjoying great successONATEAR7Across47
What electric cars don't useGAS3Across49
Like a 49-Across gauge that's near "Empty"LOW3Across51
Overly fussyPERSNICKETY11Across52
Bit of forensic evidenceDNA3Across54
Pink ___ (rock band)FLOYD5Across55
Singer DiFrancoANI3Across56
BillBEAK4Across57
Mideast exportOIL3Across58
Cheat … or a punny hint to the four sets of circled lettersSHORTCHANGE11Across59
French "a"UNE3Across63
Hearing-relatedAURAL5Across64
Playwright ChekhovANTON5Across65
Kind of lamp that's energy-efficientLED3Across66
Easily irritatedTESTY5Across67
Romeo and Juliet, agewiseTEENS5Across68
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Persuades with flatteryCAJOLES7Down1
Doing keto, perhapsONADIET7Down2
Creator of Firefox and ThunderbirdMOZILLA7Down3
Woodworking toolADZE4Down4
Orderly arrangement: Abbr.SEQ3Down5
Oscars and Grammys, e.g.AWARDS6Down6
Wispy cloudsCIRRI5Down7
Approx.EST3Down8
Harper ___, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"LEE3Down9
Monet or ManetARTIST6Down10
Don't blow it!BIGLEAD7Down11
Reaction to pollen, e.g.ALLERGY7Down12
Shiny coatingsGLOSSES7Down13
Lyft competitorUBER4Down18
Heart attack risk factorSTRESS6Down23
Cherokee makerJEEP4Down25
"The kissing disease"MONO4Down26
Em, to DorothyAUNT4Down27
Foot, in baby talkTOOTSY6Down32
Word after fire or carpenterANT3Down33
Actor MoralesESAI4Down36
Drug agent, informallyNARC4Down37
"No sweat!"EASY4Down38
Ball batted up and behind the catcher, sayPOPFOUL7Down39
Length of a pithy jokeONELINE7Down40
Released from jail earlyPAROLED7Down41
Pasta preferenceALDENTE7Down44
Nine-sided figureNONAGON7Down45
Stirs from sleepAWAKENS7Down46
Is over byENDSAT6Down48
With a light touchGENTLY6Down49
Suffix with problemATIC4Down50
Gold standardKARAT5Down53
ScourgeBANE4Down57
Shade of colorHUE3Down60
Surgery sites, in briefORS3Down61
Beanie or bowlerHAT3Down62
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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, December 22, 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.