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New York Times Crossword December 9 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for December 9 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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Goes on to say41 AcrossReveal answer → San Diego baseballer55 AcrossReveal answer → Livens (up)410 AcrossReveal answer → Termites, for an aardwolf414 AcrossReveal answer → Cup-shaped flower515 AcrossReveal answer → Give off416 AcrossReveal answer → "Judging from the information available to me …"1517 AcrossReveal answer → Unadulterated420 AcrossReveal answer → San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir.321 AcrossReveal answer → Propellers of a shell422 AcrossReveal answer → "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions …"1523 AcrossReveal answer → Gobbled up327 AcrossReveal answer → Abu Dhabi's country, for short328 AcrossReveal answer → Notable time period329 AcrossReveal answer → Gossip, in slang330 AcrossReveal answer → Accurse631 AcrossReveal answer → 33-Down, across the Atlantic333 AcrossReveal answer → "Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln)434 AcrossReveal answer → Verdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle935 AcrossReveal answer → Singer/actress Lady ___438 AcrossReveal answer → Historical341 AcrossReveal answer → Got a good reaction, as a joke642 AcrossReveal answer → Equal: Prefix346 AcrossReveal answer → Swim-bike-run race, for short347 AcrossReveal answer → Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day348 AcrossReveal answer → Game with Skip and Reverse cards349 AcrossReveal answer → "Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much …"1550 AcrossReveal answer → "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)454 AcrossReveal answer → Pre-digital TV screen tech355 AcrossReveal answer → Not close by456 AcrossReveal answer → "Feel free to dismiss this idea — however …"1557 AcrossReveal answer → Survey461 AcrossReveal answer → Temporary tattoo dye562 AcrossReveal answer → "Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go"463 AcrossReveal answer → Influence464 AcrossReveal answer → Burros565 AcrossReveal answer → Pair in a water polo pool466 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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Computing pioneer Lovelace31 DownReveal answer → Argue72 DownReveal answer → Neutralized, as an explosive situation73 DownReveal answer → Launch54 DownReveal answer → Org. in charge of school fund-raisers35 DownReveal answer → One who might ask "Fair dinkum?"66 DownReveal answer → Like some minor celebrities57 DownReveal answer → Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager88 DownReveal answer → Org. that oversees air quality initiatives39 DownReveal answer → Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not"510 DownReveal answer → Professor ___ (title for some retirees)711 DownReveal answer → Light lager712 DownReveal answer → The Cards, on scoreboards313 DownReveal answer → Cover letter accompaniment618 DownReveal answer → Mardi Gras city, informally419 DownReveal answer → Poke323 DownReveal answer → Music app named for a figure in Greek myth724 DownReveal answer → Pigmented rings725 DownReveal answer → Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+326 DownReveal answer → "By Jove, that's it!"332 DownReveal answer → 33-Across, across the Atlantic333 DownReveal answer → Web portal launched with Windows 95334 DownReveal answer → Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix"836 DownReveal answer → Sound of a sad trombone637 DownReveal answer → Many an animated meme loop338 DownReveal answer → To date739 DownReveal answer → Silverback, for one740 DownReveal answer → Built to last743 DownReveal answer → Give for safekeeping744 DownReveal answer → "How stupid of me!"345 DownReveal answer → "Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary)447 DownReveal answer → Bring into harmony648 DownReveal answer → With a wink, say551 DownReveal answer → Smooths (out)552 DownReveal answer → On a regular basis553 DownReveal answer → Special ___357 DownReveal answer → "J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album)358 DownReveal answer → One of the four fundamental states of matter359 DownReveal answer → Some Ph.D. students360 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, December 9, 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.