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New York Times Crossword December 8 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 8 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Sir's counterpart51 AcrossReveal answer → Folded Mexican snack46 AcrossReveal answer → Young chap310 AcrossReveal answer → "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley513 AcrossReveal answer → Sean of "The Lord of the Rings"514 AcrossReveal answer → Chicken ___ king316 AcrossReveal answer → Wyoming skiing mecca1117 AcrossReveal answer → Female pig319 AcrossReveal answer → Gold, in Spanish320 AcrossReveal answer → Dessert with icing421 AcrossReveal answer → Motor City hoopster622 AcrossReveal answer → Run out of clothes?624 AcrossReveal answer → Like an envelope that's ready to be sent626 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Major (constellation)428 AcrossReveal answer → "Enola Holmes" actress ___ Bobby Brown630 AcrossReveal answer → Bicycle shorts material532 AcrossReveal answer → Computer image435 AcrossReveal answer → ID checkers at an airport337 AcrossReveal answer → Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhood439 AcrossReveal answer → Finger or toe … or, when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down540 AcrossReveal answer → "Get outta here!"441 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial colorant342 AcrossReveal answer → Half of a train track443 AcrossReveal answer → "That's boring!"544 AcrossReveal answer → Starting point645 AcrossReveal answer → Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis)448 AcrossReveal answer → Hardest to find650 AcrossReveal answer → "Let me clarify ..."652 AcrossReveal answer → Gesture suggesting "I see what you did there"656 AcrossReveal answer → Top poker cards458 AcrossReveal answer → Monarch at Versailles360 AcrossReveal answer → Golfer's target ... or prize361 AcrossReveal answer → End successfully1162 AcrossReveal answer → Comedian Wong365 AcrossReveal answer → Medieval stringed instruments566 AcrossReveal answer → "___, meenie, miney, mo"567 AcrossReveal answer → Crunchy sandwich, for short368 AcrossReveal answer → Camp shelter469 AcrossReveal answer → Religious ceremonies570 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Magic charms51 DownReveal answer → Not together52 DownReveal answer → Interior design53 DownReveal answer → Genesis boat34 DownReveal answer → The eyes may have it75 DownReveal answer → Scuba gear46 DownReveal answer → Remnants of a volcanic spew57 DownReveal answer → Corp. exec overseeing engineers, say38 DownReveal answer → Stuff on an artist's palette89 DownReveal answer → Eleventh-hour910 DownReveal answer → Potatoes, in Indian cooking411 DownReveal answer → From ___ to dusk412 DownReveal answer → Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park"515 DownReveal answer → Acorn droppers418 DownReveal answer → Salt, in Paris323 DownReveal answer → Money across the Atlantic425 DownReveal answer → Messages on which you might be cc'd627 DownReveal answer → Iraqis and Iranians629 DownReveal answer → Biblical brother of Jacob431 DownReveal answer → Psychedelic tab332 DownReveal answer → Toy on a string that's not a kite433 DownReveal answer → Center of a stone fruit934 DownReveal answer → Film special effects, for short336 DownReveal answer → After-hours source of $$$338 DownReveal answer → Lost moisture840 DownReveal answer → Nonspecific amount441 DownReveal answer → Pet that stores food in cheek pouches744 DownReveal answer → Author Fleming346 DownReveal answer → What empty stomachs do547 DownReveal answer → In ___ of449 DownReveal answer → No longer available551 DownReveal answer → "There ___ enough hours in the day"553 DownReveal answer → "That's the truth!"554 DownReveal answer → Mosaic pieces555 DownReveal answer → Covering over a wound456 DownReveal answer → Pause in the action457 DownReveal answer → "It's gonna ___ you!"459 DownReveal answer → Hwy.363 DownReveal answer → Early Chinese dynasty364 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, December 8, 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.