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New York Times Crossword December 31 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 73 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 31 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 73 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Big name in pickup trucksRAM3Across1 Criminal suspects, informallyPERPS5Across4 Giant containerVAT3Across9 Map outPLAN4Across12 Love of Italy?AMORE5Across14 Performer who's lost for words?MIME4Across15 Smaller than smallMINI4Across16 Completely change course, in business jargonPIVOT5Across17 EnthusiasticAVID4Across18 Gathering for this puzzle's attendeesSQUAREDANCE11Across19 Stipulation for some keto dietersNOCARBS7Across22 Ninja's qualitySTEALTH7Across24 Grant the powerENABLE6Across27 Paddle peopleROWERS6Across28 HintTIP3Across29 Marketplace of ancient GreeceAGORA5Across30 Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogyREN3Across34 Gathering for this puzzle's attendeesCELLRECEPTION13Across35 Falco of "The Sopranos"EDIE4Across40 Article in hip-hop titlesTHA3Across41 Make some changesEDIT4Across42 Gathering for this puzzle's attendeesBOXSOCIAL9Across43 Suffering from memory loss, in a wayAMNESIC7Across46 It's a big hitHOMERUN7Across49 Name on luxury fashion apparelDIOR4Across53 Marginalia, e.g.NOTES5Across54 John of wrestling fameCENA4Across56 Bloom that's greenALGAE5Across57 Mess around a styMUD3Across59 Lead, as a meetingCHAIR5Across60 With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendeesBLOCK5Across61 Grp. that carries badgesFBI3Across62 See 61-AcrossPARTY5Across63 "That makes sense now!"ISEE4Across64 Hanker (for)YEN3Across65 Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for shortATMS4Across66

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Engine stat, in briefRPM3Down1 Sports star who said “It's not bragging if you can back it up”ALI3Down2 Engaged in some groomingMANSCAPED9Down3 Fairy tale character with a hard bedPAPABEAR8Down4 Arab leadersEMIRS5Down5 Wander aimlesslyROVE4Down6 Needles, maybePRODS5Down7 Try to catch someone with guileSETATRAP8Down8 Cry of loyalty in old FranceVIVELEROI9Down9 "___ crazy?"AMI3Down10 Williams in the Baseball Hall of FameTED3Down11 Veil worn by Muslim womenNIQAB5Down13 Colorful parrotMACAW5Down15 Certain address, for shortURL3Down20 Lead-in to liberalismNEO3Down21 Ending for many a 20-DownNET3Down22 How drinks may be stored at a summer gatheringONICE5Down23 Site of a historic councilTRENT5Down25 Channel similar to QVCHSN3Down26 Lies down on the couch, sayGETSCOMFY9Down31 Nueve menos unoOCHO4Down32 Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, sayREACHEDIN9Down33 One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship"LIBERACE8Down36 Most August babiesLEOS4Down37 Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more"TEAM4Down38 Small talkIDLECHAT8Down39 Mark, as an option on a questionnaireXIN3Down44 Apple device lettersIOS3Down45 Not very muchADAB4Down46 Prefix meaning "one-thousandth"MILLI5Down47 Ideas that don't work outNOGOS5Down48 Supply with more weaponryREARM5Down50 Condo building's inventoryUNITS5Down51 HardlyNARY4Down52 Straw, e.g.TUBE4Down55 Squeak (out)EKE3Down58 Book reviewer, for shortCPA3Down60

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, December 31, 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.