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New York Times Crossword December 5 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 5 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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Home to Kotoka International Airport51 AcrossReveal answer → Many a wearer of a long robe called a thawb56 AcrossReveal answer → Can't-miss purchases?1311 AcrossReveal answer → Words of caution1514 AcrossReveal answer → Threshold316 AcrossReveal answer → Ties up717 AcrossReveal answer → Coastal waterway318 AcrossReveal answer → Up519 AcrossReveal answer → Subject of the Bouguereau painting "The Abduction of Psyche"421 AcrossReveal answer → Colombian city of 2+ million422 AcrossReveal answer → Dutch artist Jan van der ___423 AcrossReveal answer → Curtail424 AcrossReveal answer → Stick in an orchestra525 AcrossReveal answer → Spot likely to smear826 AcrossReveal answer → They aren't party people628 AcrossReveal answer → Cut, as with a box cutter429 AcrossReveal answer → "Fun-size"430 AcrossReveal answer → Film with the tagline "Someone has taken their love for scary movies one step too far"631 AcrossReveal answer → Words of retaliation834 AcrossReveal answer → Word with fire or false538 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel listing439 AcrossReveal answer → One and the other440 AcrossReveal answer → Big name in chip production441 AcrossReveal answer → Bundle442 AcrossReveal answer → Sauce whose name derives from the Italian word for "crush"543 AcrossReveal answer → Refuge344 AcrossReveal answer → Where much of "Brokeback Mountain" was filmed745 AcrossReveal answer → It's perfect347 AcrossReveal answer → "Might as well give it a shot ..."1548 AcrossReveal answer → Age at which you just learned something you should have realized before, facetiously1351 AcrossReveal answer → Something blocked by censors552 AcrossReveal answer → 1944 Pacific battle site553 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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What clones share71 DownReveal answer → It might be on a rack32 DownReveal answer → Ski town that shares its name with a tree53 DownReveal answer → "High" time44 DownReveal answer → Image that's just over a foot, informally85 DownReveal answer → "Arrested Development," e.g.66 DownReveal answer → Pines57 DownReveal answer → Relatives of banjoleles48 DownReveal answer → Nebraska senator Fischer39 DownReveal answer → Repeat710 DownReveal answer → Council, in Russian611 DownReveal answer → Got misty612 DownReveal answer → Sea shanty singer613 DownReveal answer → Skin layer with hair follicles514 DownReveal answer → Show stoppers, sometimes515 DownReveal answer → Items on many a back-to-school supply list720 DownReveal answer → "Is this possible?!?"722 DownReveal answer → Take a little off the top424 DownReveal answer → Dog treat425 DownReveal answer → Silent sort427 DownReveal answer → Fancy428 DownReveal answer → Kind of instinct830 DownReveal answer → Mohamed ___, Egyptian soccer star531 DownReveal answer → Shade of red632 DownReveal answer → Big name in fast food733 DownReveal answer → "Honor Thy Father" writer, 1971634 DownReveal answer → Argumentative735 DownReveal answer → Get to636 DownReveal answer → Minimal coverage provider?537 DownReveal answer → Hearty steakhouse serving639 DownReveal answer → Tricks542 DownReveal answer → Unwitting mark543 DownReveal answer → Thickening agent found in many vegan recipes445 DownReveal answer → Raced446 DownReveal answer → Dot follower in academia349 DownReveal answer → Spicy350 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, December 5, 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.