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New York Times Crossword December 25 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 25 2025 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 72 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#
Response to discovering the theme of a crosswordAHA3Across1 Dashing through the ___ ...SNOW4Across4 Foam on a seashoreSURF4Across8 One who runs, informallyPOL3Across12 Possible base for a Caesar saladKALE4Across13 Of helpUTILE5Across14 DawdleLOLLYGAG8Across16 Some anxious behavior on one's feetPACING6Across18 Stew (over)OBSESS6Across20 In a ___ open sleigh ...ONEHORSE8Across21 Where Bart Simpson directs his prank callsMOES4Across23 Buffet stand vesselURN3Across24 Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr.TUE3Across25 One way to take a bullBYTHEHORNS10Across26 Old dagger carried by Scottish HighlandersDIRK4Across31 Michael of "Barbie"CERA4Across32 Hits from the side, informallyTBONES6Across33 First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film careerRICHARDHARRIS13Across35 StretchPERIOD6Across39 Letter after three consecutive rhyming lettersIOTA4Across40 Right-eous path?EAST4Across41 Footwear for a bride, perhapsWHITEHEELS10Across42 JFK or EWR alternativeLGA3Across48 Cable lead-in to TVTRU3Across49 Jump in skatesAXEL4Across50 What's seen "all the way" through this puzzle?LAUGHING8Across51 Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight OlympicsLOCHTE6Across54 "All that being said ..."ANDYET6Across56 AdoBROUHAHA8Across57 "Yes ___!"SIREE5Across59 Something typed in this field: YYYYYEAR4Across60 Fashion designer LangeLIZ3Across61 Many a vacation packageTOUR4Across62 Transcript ruinersEFFS4Across63 ___ pop (hybrid music genre)EMO3Across64

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ChillnessAPLOMB6Down1 "Oh me, oh my!"HOOBOY6Down2 Ready to goALLSET6Down3 "___ the Limit" (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.)SKYS4Down4 Horses studied by toutsNAGS4Down5 Portuguese greetingOLA3Down6 O'er the fields ___ ...WEGO4Down7 Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984"SUPERSTATE10Down8 Like many MormonsUTAHN5Down9 The "R" of P.R.RICO4Down10 Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on "Sex and the City"FLIRTINI8Down11 Sews upENSURES7Down15 Phil of the Grateful DeadLESH4Down17 Uber-enthusiastsGEEKS5Down19 Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?"NUN3Down22 Zoom call issueECHO4Down27 "S.N.L." V.I.P.HEADWRITER10Down28 Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22"ORR3Down29 Sides of pie slices, essentiallyRADII5Down30 Ballon ___ (soccer star's award)DOR3Down31 Slangy "dude"BRAH4Down34 White House family of the 1980sREAGANS7Down35 Tax dodger's fearIRSAUDIT8Down36 Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.)CIT3Down37 Very inHOT3Down38 Big name in windows and doorsPELLA5Down39 Raider in times pastHUN3Down43 A personEACH4Down44 Go "Phew!," sayEXHALE6Down45 "He has my permission"LETHIM6Down46 Total slimeballSLEAZO6Down47 Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flagTHEEU5Down49 Halal cart offeringGYRO4Down52 Elided farewellGBYE4Down53 Do pretty much nothingLOAF4Down54 Between you and meOURS4Down55 At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!"REF3Down58

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, December 25, 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.