New York Times Crossword December 28 2025 Answers

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Below are all 140 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 28 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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Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer51 AcrossReveal answer → S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s66 AcrossReveal answer → Baths in Bath412 AcrossReveal answer → Comedian Notaro316 AcrossReveal answer → Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"519 AcrossReveal answer → One sporting an article of apparel620 AcrossReveal answer → Sign in a theater421 AcrossReveal answer → Droll322 AcrossReveal answer → Rock of Ages1223 AcrossReveal answer → How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying825 AcrossReveal answer → Prop for a proposal427 AcrossReveal answer → College credit hours528 AcrossReveal answer → Far from fore329 AcrossReveal answer → Starting section531 AcrossReveal answer → Fab Four drummer532 AcrossReveal answer → "I can handle that for you"534 AcrossReveal answer → Swallow something hook, line and sinker736 AcrossReveal answer → Subject of some modern maps638 AcrossReveal answer → Boots out641 AcrossReveal answer → Ending with Butler or Bard343 AcrossReveal answer → A Class Act944 AcrossReveal answer → A Strange Loop1147 AcrossReveal answer → Played a part550 AcrossReveal answer → Baldwin of "30 Rock"451 AcrossReveal answer → Ran in the rain, perhaps453 AcrossReveal answer → Brig pair554 AcrossReveal answer → New Mexico skiing locale455 AcrossReveal answer → Full legislative assembly656 AcrossReveal answer → Personification of darkness, in Greek myth658 AcrossReveal answer → Shapiro of public radio360 AcrossReveal answer → Buds461 AcrossReveal answer → Chips go-with562 AcrossReveal answer → Straight up564 AcrossReveal answer → A Little Night Music767 AcrossReveal answer → Rent569 AcrossReveal answer → A Chorus Line770 AcrossReveal answer → Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth572 AcrossReveal answer → Personal histories573 AcrossReveal answer → Automatons, informally474 AcrossReveal answer → Cell letters375 AcrossReveal answer → "___ down the hatches!"676 AcrossReveal answer → Nursery rhyme couple678 AcrossReveal answer → Cribbage markers480 AcrossReveal answer → Sine's reciprocal, in trig581 AcrossReveal answer → Bit of power484 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese noodle486 AcrossReveal answer → Wave to, say587 AcrossReveal answer → The Producers1188 AcrossReveal answer → Into the Woods991 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Lingus393 AcrossReveal answer → Intertwine694 AcrossReveal answer → Halloween haul695 AcrossReveal answer → In tears796 AcrossReveal answer → Eschew the high road, say599 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Dame5101 AcrossReveal answer → Repeatedly hit hard5104 AcrossReveal answer → Dollop3105 AcrossReveal answer → Pop group5106 AcrossReveal answer → Sitar great Shankar4109 AcrossReveal answer → The Wiz8111 AcrossReveal answer → Mean Girls12113 AcrossReveal answer → Chess pieces3116 AcrossReveal answer → Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End"4117 AcrossReveal answer → File often installed with computer programs6118 AcrossReveal answer → Do penance5119 AcrossReveal answer → Apply3120 AcrossReveal answer → Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be4121 AcrossReveal answer → Became aware of6122 AcrossReveal answer → "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker5123 AcrossReveal answer →

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Playground area, often41 DownReveal answer → Fearsome felines52 DownReveal answer → Plus53 DownReveal answer → "One of These Nights" band94 DownReveal answer → Makeshift tip collector35 DownReveal answer → Epitome of graceful beauty46 DownReveal answer → Arnaz of "I Love Lucy"47 DownReveal answer → Certain stock holder98 DownReveal answer → Came about59 DownReveal answer → Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"310 DownReveal answer → Gig of a lifetime811 DownReveal answer → Advanced412 DownReveal answer → Guitar, slangily313 DownReveal answer → Front-of-the-line credential714 DownReveal answer → Cousin of a mink515 DownReveal answer → Cheep trills?816 DownReveal answer → Dodger's comeuppance817 DownReveal answer → Indoor recess locale318 DownReveal answer → Super-excited, in slang524 DownReveal answer → One "T" of TNT326 DownReveal answer → Least hale830 DownReveal answer → Foxx of 1970s TV433 DownReveal answer → Judge pro ___335 DownReveal answer → Piano pupil's practice piece536 DownReveal answer → Short boxers, e.g.437 DownReveal answer → How some medicines are taken639 DownReveal answer → Apt name for a distance runner?540 DownReveal answer → Oldsmobile Cutlass model542 DownReveal answer → Like 45-Down's flaw544 DownReveal answer → Mythical figure undone by hubris645 DownReveal answer → Prima ballerina646 DownReveal answer → Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak648 DownReveal answer → Police weapon549 DownReveal answer → Transition points552 DownReveal answer → Blue Ribbon brand556 DownReveal answer → Ice cream parlor offerings557 DownReveal answer → Borscht base559 DownReveal answer → Classic theater name661 DownReveal answer → Struggles with sibilant sounds563 DownReveal answer → Law, but not order665 DownReveal answer → Hints666 DownReveal answer → Word with record or union568 DownReveal answer → World capital near the Andean foothills869 DownReveal answer → Give a twist670 DownReveal answer → Downright mean571 DownReveal answer → Bit of wisdom573 DownReveal answer → Founder of the Mughal Empire574 DownReveal answer → String-plucking sound577 DownReveal answer → Sources in etymology979 DownReveal answer → Prone980 DownReveal answer → Some summers, in brief481 DownReveal answer → Black-and-white desserts882 DownReveal answer → Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus883 DownReveal answer → Shell filling stations885 DownReveal answer → Basic programming command487 DownReveal answer → Chicken pieces789 DownReveal answer → Part of AT&T: Abbr.390 DownReveal answer → Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne592 DownReveal answer → Do a diner job397 DownReveal answer → Gathering of moles598 DownReveal answer → Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes"5100 DownReveal answer → Continued interminably5102 DownReveal answer → Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g.5103 DownReveal answer → Buzzing nuisance4105 DownReveal answer → Glitzy fabric4107 DownReveal answer → Like some cheese4108 DownReveal answer → "Gotcha"4110 DownReveal answer → Blue-necked bird3111 DownReveal answer → "___ Believer"3112 DownReveal answer → Flock formation3114 DownReveal answer → Blue-winged bird3115 DownReveal answer →

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