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New York Times Crossword December 8 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 8 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#
Sir's counterpartMADAM5Across1 Folded Mexican snackTACO4Across6 Young chapLAD3Across10 "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert BenchleyOPERA5Across13 Sean of "The Lord of the Rings"ASTIN5Across14 Chicken ___ kingALA3Across16 Wyoming skiing meccaJACKSONHOLE11Across17 Female pigSOW3Across19 Gold, in SpanishORO3Across20 Dessert with icingCAKE4Across21 Motor City hoopsterPISTON6Across22 Run out of clothes?STREAK6Across24 Like an envelope that's ready to be sentSEALED6Across26 ___ Major (constellation)URSA4Across28 "Enola Holmes" actress ___ Bobby BrownMILLIE6Across30 Bicycle shorts materialLYCRA5Across32 Computer imageSCAN4Across35 ID checkers at an airportTSA3Across37 Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhoodSOHO4Across39 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-DownDIGIT5Across40 "Get outta here!"SCAT4Across41 Artificial colorantDYE3Across42 Half of a train trackRAIL4Across43 "That's boring!"HOHUM5Across44 Starting pointORIGIN6Across45 Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis)SLAM4Across48 Hardest to findRAREST6Across50 "Let me clarify ..."IMEANT6Across52 Gesture suggesting "I see what you did there"SLYNOD6Across56 Top poker cardsACES4Across58 Monarch at VersaillesROI3Across60 Golfer's target ... or prizeCUP3Across61 End successfullyWORKOUTWELL11Across62 Comedian WongALI3Across65 Medieval stringed instrumentsLUTES5Across66 "___, meenie, miney, mo"EENIE5Across67 Crunchy sandwich, for shortBLT3Across68 Camp shelterTENT4Across69 Religious ceremoniesRITES5Across70

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Magic charmsMOJOS5Down1 Not togetherAPART5Down2 Interior designDECOR5Down3 Genesis boatARK3Down4 The eyes may have itMASCARA7Down5 Scuba gearTANK4Down6 Remnants of a volcanic spewASHES5Down7 Corp. exec overseeing engineers, sayCTO3Down8 Stuff on an artist's paletteOILPAINT8Down9 Eleventh-hourLASTDITCH9Down10 Potatoes, in Indian cookingALOO4Down11 From ___ to duskDAWN4Down12 Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park"NEILL5Down15 Acorn droppersOAKS4Down18 Salt, in ParisSEL3Down23 Money across the AtlanticEURO4Down25 Messages on which you might be cc'dEMAILS6Down27 Iraqis and IraniansASIANS6Down29 Biblical brother of JacobESAU4Down31 Psychedelic tabLSD3Down32 Toy on a string that's not a kiteYOYO4Down33 Center of a stone fruitCHERRYPIT9Down34 Film special effects, for shortCGI3Down36 After-hours source of $$$ATM3Down38 Lost moistureDRIEDOUT8Down40 Nonspecific amountSOME4Down41 Pet that stores food in cheek pouchesHAMSTER7Down44 Author FlemingIAN3Down46 What empty stomachs doGROWL5Down47 In ___ ofLIEU4Down49 No longer availableTAKEN5Down51 "There ___ enough hours in the day"ARENT5Down53 "That's the truth!"NOLIE5Down54 Mosaic piecesTILES5Down55 Covering over a woundSCAB4Down56 Pause in the actionLULL4Down57 "It's gonna ___ you!"COST4Down59 Hwy.RTE3Down63 Early Chinese dynastyWEI3Down64

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