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New York Times Crossword December 29 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 29 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 78 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#
Life story, in briefBIO3Across1 The "S" of NASASPACE5Across4 Where Shrek livesSWAMP5Across9 KerfuffleADO3Across14 Outer limitsEDGES5Across15 They're contained within booksPAGES5Across16 Is severely underpaidWORKSFORPEANUTS15Across17 Andean animal with a long neckLLAMA5Across20 Earth goddessGAIA4Across21 Condé ___ (magazine publisher)NAST4Across22 "Tsk! Tsk!"SHAME5Across23 Humorist BombeckERMA4Across25 Motown or RCARECORDLABEL11Across27 Particular placeSPOT4Across32 Stephen of "V for Vendetta"REA3Across35 Country that contains the southern slope of Mount EverestNEPAL5Across36 Chicago trainsELS3Across38 Seating area for 12 peersJURYBOX7Across39 Piece of Grubhub info, for shortETA3Across42 Stringed instrument that rests on the groundCELLO5Across43 Tin Man's needOIL3Across45 Like the Mariana TrenchDEEP4Across46 Works that are heard rather than readBOOKSONTAPE11Across47 Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women"BETH4Across51 Gives the axFIRES5Across52 Soaks (up)SOPS4Across55 Puppy soundsARFS4Across58 Fundamental beliefTENET5Across61 Description for an ideal partner … or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create?THETOTALPACKAGE15Across63 Put on TVAIRED5Across66 Molars and caninesTEETH5Across67 Signal for an actor to go onstageCUE3Across68 Pumpkin, e.g.GOURD5Across69 "Alas ..."SADLY5Across70 TV's "___ Lasso"TED3Across71

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cry like a babyBAWL4Down1 Admired figuresIDOLS5Down2 Battle cry of the U.S. Marine CorpsOORAH5Down3 Kind of bagelSESAME6Down4 Many a PC filePDF3Down5 Really eagerAGOG4Down6 Actor Michael of "Arrested Development"CERA4Down7 Caught sight ofESPIED6Down8 Place to be pamperedSPA3Down9 1996 #1 hit for the Spice GirlsWANNABE7Down10 Water, in ColombiaAGUA4Down11 Team that plays at Citi FieldMETS4Down12 "Over here!"PSST4Down13 Onetime retail chain giantKMART5Down18 ___ Grey teaEARL4Down19 Very light brownECRU4Down24 Tail-less catMANX4Down26 Above, in poetryOER3Down28 Synthetic fiberRAYON5Down29 Fencing swordEPEE4Down30 Not on timeLATE4Down31 "Gimme a ___!"SEC3Down32 CommonerPLEB4Down33 Norway's capitalOSLO4Down34 Two lengths of a poolLAP3Down37 What a punch line may endJOKE4Down39 Part of a drill assembly or comedy routineBIT3Down40 "Frozen" snowmanOLAF4Down41 Seafood with clawsLOBSTER7Down44 Jeter in the Baseball Hall of FameDEREK5Down46 Rushing yards, e.g., informallySTAT4Down48 "Well, dang it!"OHRATS6Down49 Slightly out of tunePITCHY6Down50 Put into lawENACT5Down53 Move smoothly to another topicSEGUE5Down54 Without a dateSTAG4Down55 River past CincinnatiOHIO4Down56 Lima's landPERU4Down57 Tiny canine pestFLEA4Down59 Drove over the legal limitSPED4Down60 Ticked (off)TEED4Down62 PeculiarODD3Down64 The Falcons, on a scoreboardATL3Down65

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