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New York Times Crossword December 3 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 3 2025 answers. The Wednesday 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#
Young fellowsLADS4Across1 Tied up, as hayBALED5Across5 Surrounded byAMID4Across10 Plant-based spreadOLEO4Across14 Echo speakerALEXA5Across15 Largest company headquartered in OregonNIKE4Across16 1967 hit by the Who, per 68-AcrossFORMILESICANSEE15Across17 Words after "happily ever after"THEEND6Across20 Bit of inkTAT3Across21 Lack of connectivityGAP3Across22 Long-haired bovineYAK3Across23 Anabolic steroids, e.g., informallyPEDS4Across24 College football rival of Michigan, for shortOSU3Across27 1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-AcrossSURVIVEIWILL12Across29 Lead-in to pop or litBRIT4Across34 Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" categoryOBIE4Across36 Midmonth timeIDES4Across37 Linseed oil sourceFLAX4Across38 Shampoo often in a green bottlePRELL5Across39 Remain unresolvedPEND4Across40 Cause for a miner celebration?LODE4Across41 Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titlesHARE4Across42 Hospital countBEDS4Across43 2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-AcrossAGIRLIKISSED12Across44 One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de OroOSO3Across47 Egyptian sun deityATEN4Across48 Solid-rock connectorASA3Across49 Forehead marker at the start of LentASH3Across52 Long-running procedural franchiseCSI3Across54 Removes forciblyEJECTS6Across57 1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-AcrossTHESHERIFFISHOT15Across59 Currency of YemenRIAL4Across63 Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain"MAORI5Across64 Unimpressive ratingPOOR4Across65 TV's Griffith, Kaufman or SambergANDY4Across66 "Take this job and shove it!"IQUIT5Across67 Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke?YODA4Across68

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ElevatedLOFTY5Down1 Greeting among the lei community?ALOHA5Down2 Jeter in CooperstownDEREK5Down3 Not too manySOME4Down4 Like Picard vis-à-vis KirkBALDER6Down5 Drink that may come in a yardALE3Down6 Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la Liberté"LES3Down7 Kind of strategyEXIT4Down8 Obama-era immigration program, informallyDACA4Down9 Novelist PatchettANN3Down10 Following bad adviceMISGUIDED9Down11 Store with iconic blue totesIKEA4Down12 Like certain thoughts and pocketsDEEP4Down13 AdviceINPUT5Down18 Yours, in FrenchATOI4Down19 "Slavonic Dances" composerDVORAK6Down25 Omsk's regionSIBERIA7Down26 StoleSWIPED6Down28 Philly b-ball squadSIXERS6Down29 Superlatively contemptibleVILEST6Down30 Slithering swimmerEEL3Down31 Google app with the slogan "Search what you see"LENS4Down32 Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind"LSD3Down33 Online commentary siteBLOG4Down34 Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows"RADIOHEAD9Down35 Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr.FLA3Down38 Aphrodite's second letterPHI3Down39 Golden-tan dog of multiple filmsBENJI5Down43 Blue area on a Scottish mapLOCH4Down45 Think that it's appropriateSEEFIT6Down46 Cold call?ACHOO5Down49 Got out of a chairSTOOD5Down50 "Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas)ASTRA5Down51 Razor brandATRA4Down52 Guarded area for many athletesSHIN4Down53 18-wheelerSEMI4Down55 Modern country that includes most of ancient MesopotamiaIRAQ4Down56 Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" categoryESPY4Down58 Sneakily cleverSLY3Down60 Letters of indebtednessIOU3Down61 Day before taking the SAT: Abbr.FRI3Down62

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, December 3, 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.