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New York Times Crossword December 26 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 70 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 26 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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Dawdler81 AcrossReveal answer → Cuts short69 AcrossReveal answer → Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon815 AcrossReveal answer → Kitsch616 AcrossReveal answer → Doing some theater work817 AcrossReveal answer → Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh618 AcrossReveal answer → One whose beauty is on the inside519 AcrossReveal answer → Whole kit and caboodle520 AcrossReveal answer → ___-Latin (like some modern coinages)322 AcrossReveal answer → Plant that's toxic to cats423 AcrossReveal answer → Some babysitters524 AcrossReveal answer → A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated)425 AcrossReveal answer → Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub326 AcrossReveal answer → Tuesday, in French527 AcrossReveal answer → Song commonly performed outdoors528 AcrossReveal answer → Food that can be prepared de canasta529 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season)630 AcrossReveal answer → One toeing the line?1531 AcrossReveal answer → Individually635 AcrossReveal answer → Editorialize536 AcrossReveal answer → Overly self-assertive537 AcrossReveal answer → Like a good sponge cake538 AcrossReveal answer → Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct"339 AcrossReveal answer → Singular, with or without its first letter442 AcrossReveal answer → Origin story family in DC Comics543 AcrossReveal answer → Facility444 AcrossReveal answer → Certain care provider, for short345 AcrossReveal answer → Re-fresh?546 AcrossReveal answer → It might be marked with an X547 AcrossReveal answer → Linked (with)648 AcrossReveal answer → Drive850 AcrossReveal answer → Harden and become resistant to change652 AcrossReveal answer → Life partner, perhaps?853 AcrossReveal answer → Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco654 AcrossReveal answer → Treated with respect855 AcrossReveal answer →

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How a supervillain might brag61 DownReveal answer → Flip62 DownReveal answer → Waiting for support, maybe63 DownReveal answer → Like untended plots54 DownReveal answer → Funeral ___45 DownReveal answer → Broad band?36 DownReveal answer → Royal Australian Air Force insignia87 DownReveal answer → Competition that combines speed with balance158 DownReveal answer → Professor Dumbledore59 DownReveal answer → Contest410 DownReveal answer → Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___311 DownReveal answer → The world's end, in Norse mythology812 DownReveal answer → Mr. or Ms. Right813 DownReveal answer → Baby sitter?814 DownReveal answer → Half of a classic rum cocktail's name321 DownReveal answer → Component of a nautilus shell524 DownReveal answer → Eric who wrote and illustrated "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me"525 DownReveal answer → Stick by a fireplace527 DownReveal answer → Mantra528 DownReveal answer → Nearby things529 DownReveal answer → Like the pope's guards530 DownReveal answer → Area on which to eat or play cards831 DownReveal answer → "You can absolutely count on me"832 DownReveal answer → Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g.833 DownReveal answer → Great illustrations834 DownReveal answer → Connected338 DownReveal answer → Sister of Moses639 DownReveal answer → Worth considering640 DownReveal answer → Made up641 DownReveal answer → Nation dubbed the "cradle of mankind"543 DownReveal answer → "Understood?"544 DownReveal answer → Big break446 DownReveal answer → Stack (up)447 DownReveal answer → Casting need349 DownReveal answer → Short diner order351 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, December 26, 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.