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New York Times Crossword December 29 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 29 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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Life story, in brief31 AcrossReveal answer → The "S" of NASA54 AcrossReveal answer → Where Shrek lives59 AcrossReveal answer → Kerfuffle314 AcrossReveal answer → Outer limits515 AcrossReveal answer → They're contained within books516 AcrossReveal answer → Is severely underpaid1517 AcrossReveal answer → Andean animal with a long neck520 AcrossReveal answer → Earth goddess421 AcrossReveal answer → Condé ___ (magazine publisher)422 AcrossReveal answer → "Tsk! Tsk!"523 AcrossReveal answer → Humorist Bombeck425 AcrossReveal answer → Motown or RCA1127 AcrossReveal answer → Particular place432 AcrossReveal answer → Stephen of "V for Vendetta"335 AcrossReveal answer → Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest536 AcrossReveal answer → Chicago trains338 AcrossReveal answer → Seating area for 12 peers739 AcrossReveal answer → Piece of Grubhub info, for short342 AcrossReveal answer → Stringed instrument that rests on the ground543 AcrossReveal answer → Tin Man's need345 AcrossReveal answer → Like the Mariana Trench446 AcrossReveal answer → Works that are heard rather than read1147 AcrossReveal answer → Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women"451 AcrossReveal answer → Gives the ax552 AcrossReveal answer → Soaks (up)455 AcrossReveal answer → Puppy sounds458 AcrossReveal answer → Fundamental belief561 AcrossReveal answer → Description for an ideal partner … or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create?1563 AcrossReveal answer → Put on TV566 AcrossReveal answer → Molars and canines567 AcrossReveal answer → Signal for an actor to go onstage368 AcrossReveal answer → Pumpkin, e.g.569 AcrossReveal answer → "Alas ..."570 AcrossReveal answer → TV's "___ Lasso"371 AcrossReveal answer →

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Cry like a baby41 DownReveal answer → Admired figures52 DownReveal answer → Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps53 DownReveal answer → Kind of bagel64 DownReveal answer → Many a PC file35 DownReveal answer → Really eager46 DownReveal answer → Actor Michael of "Arrested Development"47 DownReveal answer → Caught sight of68 DownReveal answer → Place to be pampered39 DownReveal answer → 1996 #1 hit for the Spice Girls710 DownReveal answer → Water, in Colombia411 DownReveal answer → Team that plays at Citi Field412 DownReveal answer → "Over here!"413 DownReveal answer → Onetime retail chain giant518 DownReveal answer → ___ Grey tea419 DownReveal answer → Very light brown424 DownReveal answer → Tail-less cat426 DownReveal answer → Above, in poetry328 DownReveal answer → Synthetic fiber529 DownReveal answer → Fencing sword430 DownReveal answer → Not on time431 DownReveal answer → "Gimme a ___!"332 DownReveal answer → Commoner433 DownReveal answer → Norway's capital434 DownReveal answer → Two lengths of a pool337 DownReveal answer → What a punch line may end439 DownReveal answer → Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine340 DownReveal answer → "Frozen" snowman441 DownReveal answer → Seafood with claws744 DownReveal answer → Jeter in the Baseball Hall of Fame546 DownReveal answer → Rushing yards, e.g., informally448 DownReveal answer → "Well, dang it!"649 DownReveal answer → Slightly out of tune650 DownReveal answer → Put into law553 DownReveal answer → Move smoothly to another topic554 DownReveal answer → Without a date455 DownReveal answer → River past Cincinnati456 DownReveal answer → Lima's land457 DownReveal answer → Tiny canine pest459 DownReveal answer → Drove over the legal limit460 DownReveal answer → Ticked (off)462 DownReveal answer → Peculiar364 DownReveal answer → The Falcons, on a scoreboard365 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, December 29, 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.