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New York Times Crossword December 25 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 25 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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Across

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Response to discovering the theme of a crossword31 AcrossReveal answer → Dashing through the ___ ...44 AcrossReveal answer → Foam on a seashore48 AcrossReveal answer → One who runs, informally312 AcrossReveal answer → Possible base for a Caesar salad413 AcrossReveal answer → Of help514 AcrossReveal answer → Dawdle816 AcrossReveal answer → Some anxious behavior on one's feet618 AcrossReveal answer → Stew (over)620 AcrossReveal answer → In a ___ open sleigh ...821 AcrossReveal answer → Where Bart Simpson directs his prank calls423 AcrossReveal answer → Buffet stand vessel324 AcrossReveal answer → Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr.325 AcrossReveal answer → One way to take a bull1026 AcrossReveal answer → Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders431 AcrossReveal answer → Michael of "Barbie"432 AcrossReveal answer → Hits from the side, informally633 AcrossReveal answer → First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film career1335 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch639 AcrossReveal answer → Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters440 AcrossReveal answer → Right-eous path?441 AcrossReveal answer → Footwear for a bride, perhaps1042 AcrossReveal answer → JFK or EWR alternative348 AcrossReveal answer → Cable lead-in to TV349 AcrossReveal answer → Jump in skates450 AcrossReveal answer → What's seen "all the way" through this puzzle?851 AcrossReveal answer → Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight Olympics654 AcrossReveal answer → "All that being said ..."656 AcrossReveal answer → Ado857 AcrossReveal answer → "Yes ___!"559 AcrossReveal answer → Something typed in this field: YYYY460 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion designer Lange361 AcrossReveal answer → Many a vacation package462 AcrossReveal answer → Transcript ruiners463 AcrossReveal answer → ___ pop (hybrid music genre)364 AcrossReveal answer →

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Chillness61 DownReveal answer → "Oh me, oh my!"62 DownReveal answer → Ready to go63 DownReveal answer → "___ the Limit" (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.)44 DownReveal answer → Horses studied by touts45 DownReveal answer → Portuguese greeting36 DownReveal answer → O'er the fields ___ ...47 DownReveal answer → Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984"108 DownReveal answer → Like many Mormons59 DownReveal answer → The "R" of P.R.410 DownReveal answer → Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on "Sex and the City"811 DownReveal answer → Sews up715 DownReveal answer → Phil of the Grateful Dead417 DownReveal answer → Uber-enthusiasts519 DownReveal answer → Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?"322 DownReveal answer → Zoom call issue427 DownReveal answer → "S.N.L." V.I.P.1028 DownReveal answer → Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22"329 DownReveal answer → Sides of pie slices, essentially530 DownReveal answer → Ballon ___ (soccer star's award)331 DownReveal answer → Slangy "dude"434 DownReveal answer → White House family of the 1980s735 DownReveal answer → Tax dodger's fear836 DownReveal answer → Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.)337 DownReveal answer → Very in338 DownReveal answer → Big name in windows and doors539 DownReveal answer → Raider in times past343 DownReveal answer → A person444 DownReveal answer → Go "Phew!," say645 DownReveal answer → "He has my permission"646 DownReveal answer → Total slimeball647 DownReveal answer → Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flag549 DownReveal answer → Halal cart offering452 DownReveal answer → Elided farewell453 DownReveal answer → Do pretty much nothing454 DownReveal answer → Between you and me455 DownReveal answer → At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!"358 DownReveal answer →

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