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New York Times Crossword December 28 2025 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 140 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 28 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 140 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#
Poet with a 1982 posthumous PulitzerPLATH5Across1 S.L.R. insert since the early 2000sSDCARD6Across6 Baths in BathLAVS4Across12 Comedian NotaroTIG3Across16 Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"AISHA5Across19 One sporting an article of apparelWEARER6Across20 Sign in a theaterEXIT4Across21 DrollWRY3Across22 Rock of AgesROSETTASTONE12Across23 How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingNEPOTISM8Across25 Prop for a proposalKNEE4Across27 College credit hoursUNITS5Across28 Far from foreAFT3Across29 Starting sectionPARTA5Across31 Fab Four drummerSTARR5Across32 "I can handle that for you"LETME5Across34 Swallow something hook, line and sinkerEATITUP7Across36 Subject of some modern mapsGENOME6Across38 Boots outEJECTS6Across41 Ending with Butler or BardEDU3Across43 A Class ActFIELDTRIP9Across44 A Strange LoopMOBIUSSTRIP11Across47 Played a partACTED5Across50 Baldwin of "30 Rock"ALEC4Across51 Ran in the rain, perhapsBLED4Across53 Brig pairMASTS5Across54 New Mexico skiing localeTAOS4Across55 Full legislative assemblyPLENUM6Across56 Personification of darkness, in Greek mythEREBUS6Across58 Shapiro of public radioARI3Across60 BudsPALS4Across61 Chips go-withSALSA5Across62 Straight upERECT5Across64 A Little Night MusicLULLABY7Across67 RentSPLIT5Across69 A Chorus LineREFRAIN7Across70 Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit mythSEALS5Across72 Personal historiesPASTS5Across73 Automatons, informallyBOTS4Across74 Cell lettersRNA3Across75 "___ down the hatches!"BATTEN6Across76 Nursery rhyme coupleSPRATS6Across78 Cribbage markersPEGS4Across80 Sine's reciprocal, in trigCOSEC5Across81 Bit of powerWATT4Across84 Japanese noodleSOBA4Across86 Wave to, sayGREET5Across87 The ProducersPROLETARIAT11Across88 Into the WoodsOUTDOORSY9Across91 ___ LingusAER3Across93 IntertwineENLACE6Across94 Halloween haulTREATS6Across95 In tearsSOBBING7Across96 Eschew the high road, sayGOLOW5Across99 ___ DameNOTRE5Across101 Repeatedly hit hardPOUND5Across104 DollopGOB3Across105 Pop groupCOLAS5Across106 Sitar great ShankarRAVI4Across109 The WizEINSTEIN8Across111 Mean GirlsAVERAGEJANES12Across113 Chess piecesMEN3Across116 Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End"ERMA4Across117 File often installed with computer programsREADME6Across118 Do penanceATONE5Across119 ApplyUSE3Across120 Hurdle for a J.D.-to-beLSAT4Across121 Became aware ofSENSED6Across122 "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmakerYENTE5Across123

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Playground area, oftenPARK4Down1 Fearsome felinesLIONS5Down2 PlusASSET5Down3 "One of These Nights" bandTHEEAGLES9Down4 Makeshift tip collectorHAT3Down5 Epitome of graceful beautySWAN4Down6 Arnaz of "I Love Lucy"DESI4Down7 Certain stock holderCATTLEPEN9Down8 Came aboutAROSE5Down9 Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"REN3Down10 Gig of a lifetimeDREAMJOB8Down11 AdvancedLENT4Down12 Guitar, slangilyAXE3Down13 Front-of-the-line credentialVIPPASS7Down14 Cousin of a minkSTOAT5Down15 Cheep trills?TWITTERS8Down16 Dodger's comeuppanceIRSAUDIT8Down17 Indoor recess localeGYM3Down18 Super-excited, in slangTURNT5Down24 One "T" of TNTTRI3Down26 Least haleFEEBLEST8Down30 Foxx of 1970s TVREDD4Down33 Judge pro ___TEM3Down35 Piano pupil's practice pieceETUDE5Down36 Short boxers, e.g.PUPS4Down37 How some medicines are takenORALLY6Down39 Apt name for a distance runner?MILES5Down40 Oldsmobile Cutlass modelCIERA5Down42 Like 45-Down's flawFATAL5Down44 Mythical figure undone by hubrisICARUS6Down45 Prima ballerinaETOILE6Down46 Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speakSMURFS6Down48 Police weaponTASER5Down49 Transition pointsCUSPS5Down52 Blue Ribbon brandPABST5Down56 Ice cream parlor offeringsMALTS5Down57 Borscht baseBEETS5Down59 Classic theater namePALACE6Down61 Struggles with sibilant soundsLISPS5Down63 Law, but not orderCAREER6Down65 HintsTINGES6Down66 Word with record or unionLABEL5Down68 World capital near the Andean foothillsSANTIAGO8Down69 Give a twistROTATE6Down70 Downright meanNASTY5Down71 Bit of wisdomPEARL5Down73 Founder of the Mughal EmpireBABUR5Down74 String-plucking soundTWANG5Down77 Sources in etymologyROOTWORDS9Down79 PronePROSTRATE9Down80 Some summers, in briefCPAS4Down81 Black-and-white dessertsOREOPIES8Down82 Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campusSORBONNE8Down83 Shell filling stationsTACOBARS8Down85 Basic programming commandGOTO4Down87 Chicken piecesTENDERS7Down89 Part of AT&T: Abbr.TEL3Down90 Ballet or bourrée, in BourgogneDANSE5Down92 Do a diner jobBUS3Down97 Gathering of molesINTEL5Down98 Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes"OCEAN5Down100 Continued interminablyRANON5Down102 Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g.EVENT5Down103 Buzzing nuisanceGNAT4Down105 Glitzy fabricLAME4Down107 Like some cheeseAGED4Down108 "Gotcha"ISEE4Down110 Blue-necked birdEMU3Down111 "___ Believer"IMA3Down112 Flock formationVEE3Down114 Blue-winged birdJAY3Down115

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, December 28, 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.