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New York Times Crossword December 9 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword December 9 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 76 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#
Goes on to sayADDS4Across1 San Diego baseballerPADRE5Across5 Livens (up)PEPS4Across10 Termites, for an aardwolfDIET4Across14 Cup-shaped flowerTULIP5Across15 Give offEMIT4Across16 "Judging from the information available to me …"ASFARASICANTELL15Across17 UnadulteratedPURE4Across20 San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir.SSE3Across21 Propellers of a shellOARS4Across22 "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions …"JUSTSPITBALLING15Across23 Gobbled upATE3Across27 Abu Dhabi's country, for shortUAE3Across28 Notable time periodERA3Across29 Gossip, in slangTEA3Across30 AccurseBEDAMN6Across31 33-Down, across the AtlanticZEE3Across33 "Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln)MARY4Across34 Verdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzleHEDGEROWS9Across35 Singer/actress Lady ___GAGA4Across38 HistoricalOLD3Across41 Got a good reaction, as a jokeLANDED6Across42 Equal: PrefixISO3Across46 Swim-bike-run race, for shortTRI3Across47 Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long dayAAH3Across48 Game with Skip and Reverse cardsUNO3Across49 "Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much …"FORWHATITSWORTH15Across50 "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)FIRE4Across54 Pre-digital TV screen techCRT3Across55 Not close byAFAR4Across56 "Feel free to dismiss this idea — however …"ONLYATHOUGHTBUT15Across57 SurveyPOLL4Across61 Temporary tattoo dyeHENNA5Across62 "Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go"ELSA4Across63 InfluenceSWAY4Across64 BurrosASSES5Across65 Pair in a water polo poolNETS4Across66

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Computing pioneer LovelaceADA3Down1 ArgueDISPUTE7Down2 Neutralized, as an explosive situationDEFUSED7Down3 LaunchSTART5Down4 Org. in charge of school fund-raisersPTA3Down5 One who might ask "Fair dinkum?"AUSSIE6Down6 Like some minor celebritiesDLIST5Down7 Asahi Super Dry or Kirin LagerRICEBEER8Down8 Org. that oversees air quality initiativesEPA3Down9 Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not"PETAL5Down10 Professor ___ (title for some retirees)EMERITA7Down11 Light lagerPILSNER7Down12 The Cards, on scoreboardsSTL3Down13 Cover letter accompanimentRESUME6Down18 Mardi Gras city, informallyNOLA4Down19 PokeJAB3Down23 Music app named for a figure in Greek mythPANDORA7Down24 Pigmented ringsAREOLAS7Down25 Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+GAY3Down26 "By Jove, that's it!"AHA3Down32 33-Across, across the AtlanticZED3Down33 Web portal launched with Windows 95MSN3Down34 Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix"GLITCHES8Down36 Sound of a sad tromboneWAHWAH6Down37 Many an animated meme loopGIF3Down38 To dateASOFNOW7Down39 Silverback, for oneGORILLA7Down40 Built to lastDURABLE7Down43 Give for safekeepingENTRUST7Down44 "How stupid of me!"DOH3Down45 "Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary)THEA4Down47 Bring into harmonyATTUNE6Down48 With a wink, sayWRYLY5Down51 Smooths (out)IRONS5Down52 On a regular basisOFTEN5Down53 Special ___OPS3Down57 "J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album)THA3Down58 One of the four fundamental states of matterGAS3Down59 Some Ph.D. studentsTAS3Down60

About this puzzle

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