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New York Times Crossword December 23 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 75 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 23 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 75 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Longtime CBS procedural with multiple spinoffsNCIS4Across1 Highly capableADEPT5Across5 Ctrl+S commandSAVE4Across10 Alternative to check or credit cardCASH4Across14 Secondary subject for a college studentMINOR5Across15 Short videoCLIP4Across16 Appropriately named bus driver on "The Simpsons"OTTO4Across17 Alternative to épée or foil, in British EnglishSABRE5Across18 Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in LiteratureOLGA4Across19 Classic Hanukkah treatCHOCOLATECOIN13Across20 Brownish-yellow fabricKHAKI5Across23 Institution of higher education, to a BritUNI3Across24 Sleeper's breathing problemAPNEA5Across25 Lead-in to "drink and be merry"EAT3Across27 Classic classroom party treatCUPCAKE7Across28 Antitrust enforcement org.FTC3Across31 Unfortunate accidentMISHAP6Across32 CleverASTUTE6Across34 Highly pleased aboutPROUDOF7Across36 Colored, as church glassSTAINED7Across38 Classic Halloween treatCANDYCORN9Across39 It's part of the jobTASK4Across41 Prefix with classicNEO3Across44 CarveETCH4Across45 Take advantage ofUSE3Across49 "Where'd you hear that?"SAYSWHO7Across50 Dream Team country, for shortUSA3Across54 Take responsibilitySTEPUP6Across55 Cry from a movie directorANDCUT6Across57 Classic Yuletide treatCHRISTMASCOOKIE15Across59 Prayer enderAMEN4Across63 This should clear things up!LASIK5Across64 Reject, as a billVETO4Across65 Nothing, in NogalesNADA4Across66 Cries outYELPS5Across67 Biblical gardenEDEN4Across68

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sgt. or cpl.NCO3Down1 Go off a ski jump, sayCATCHAIR8Down2 "Oh, really?"ISTHATSO8Down3 Tried to identify, in a way, as a wrapped giftSHOOK5Down4 Playground retortAMSO4Down5 1990s internet optionDIALUP6Down6 With all judges presentENBANC6Down7 ___ de Rossi, "Arrested Development" actressPORTIA6Down8 Aspen or pineTREE4Down9 Reporter's big getSCOOP5Down10 Just for grinsALLINFUN8Down11 Short version of an impactful storyVIGNETTE8Down12 Org. regulating water safetyEPA3Down13 Insect that emerges en masse every 13 or 17 yearsCICADA6Down21 Kind of salad whose dressing contains anchoviesCAESAR6Down22 Former N.B.A. star Shawn with the nickname "Reign Man"KEMP4Down23 Nailed, as a testACED4Down26 "Once ___ a time …"UPON4Down29 Character played by Bruce Lee on "The Green Hornet"KATO4Down30 ___ FinnHUCK4Down33 One of three on the pitchfork in "American Gothic"TINE4Down35 Big Apple org. that's going to blazes?FDNY4Down37 Flat-bottomed boatSCOW4Down38 "That's correct!"YES3Down40 Resident of Pisa or LuccaTUSCAN6Down41 Condition that may require an inhalerASTHMA6Down42 Get more than a little madSEERED6Down43 Like many a dress shirt, with "in"TUCKED6Down46 Top execs, colloquially … or what 20-, 28-, 39- and 59-Across are, phonetically?CSUITE6Down47 Make negative remarks aboutHATEON6Down48 Not on the up and up, slangilySUS3Down50 In a fitting wayAPTLY5Down51 Breaks (into), as a computer systemHACKS5Down52 Middle name for Lennon starting in 1969ONO3Down53 "Escape (The ___ Colada Song)"PINA4Down56 Sign of peaceDOVE4Down58 Sallie or Fannie followerMAE3Down60 Hand-y communication method, for short?ASL3Down61 Drink slowlySIP3Down62

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, December 23, 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.