New Yorker Crossword December 2 2025 Answers (12/2/25)

Our New Yorker Crossword December 2, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The New Yorker Crossword December 2, 2025 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Gardener’s tool
6A	Session with a nail tech
10A	“My word!”
14A	“The Lord of the Rings” director Jackson
15A	Some Ivy Leaguers
16A	Word with skirt or pad
17A	Reviewers of gallery shows
19A	Itchy palm, to some
20A	Set of courses
21A	Second grade opportunity?
23A	Set that includes twelve “E”s
25A	Seven ___
26A	All worked up
29A	“What a pity”
32A	Streaks that form after a wineglass is swirled
33A	“If there’s ___ thing I know for sure . . .”
34A	Transport with a portmanteau name
35A	Cal. divisions
36A	Streep of “The Post”
38A	“Eddington” director Aster
39A	___ large
41A	Watch in awe
42A	Car company whose name once appeared in lights on the Eiffel Tower
44A	Big tubs
45A	Format popularized in the smartphone era
50A	What someone managing many problems is said to be playing
52A	Gave temporarily
53A	In excellent shape
54A	Bit of extra credit
56A	Off-roaders, for short
57A	Word tattooed on Harry Powell’s right knuckles, in “The Night of the Hunter”
58A	Follow
59A	Merch-stand staples
60A	Biblical name of the chimpanzee who orbited Earth in 1961
61A	Buzzing
1D	Inundates with e-mails
2D	Georges who wrote the novel “La disparition” without using the letter “E”
3D	Fragrant essential oil
4D	Fallen out of favor
5D	Commit a faux pas, say
6D	They can be forged
7D	Not dissimilar
8D	Fine details, as of etiquette
9D	Giving out
10D	Shows a great deal of feeling
11D	Place to buy Ticket to Ride or Wingspan
12D	Hackers?
13D	By ___ of
18D	Repeated lyric in a 1987 Michael Jackson hit
22D	Early flat-screen
24D	Medium for some colorful jewelry
27D	Artist whose Oscar-nominated song “May It Be” includes Elvish lyrics
28D	Result of a bee sting
29D	Tech début of 1998
30D	“Crucify” singer Amos
31D	Means of getting moisture out of a wind
32D	Parcel of land
35D	Short postnuptial trip
37D	Delta followers
40D	Shelf above an altar
41D	Great gusts
43D	Niche
44D	Guiding principles
46D	Brief chat?
47D	Voltaire or Thomas Paine, e.g.
48D	“N is for Neville who died of ___” (line from Edward Gorey’s “Gashlycrumb Tinies”)
49D	Playful swimmer
50D	“I can’t hear you!”
51D	Word tattooed on Harry Powell’s left knuckles, in “The Night of the Hunter”
55D	Matar, in Indian cuisine

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