Our New Yorker Crossword December 8, 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 8, 2025 Answers
If you need help solving the New Yorker Crossword on 12/8/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!
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| # |
Clue |
| 1A |
Bulletin-board insert |
| 5A |
Bit of derring-do |
| 9A |
Beginning of a grid game |
| 12A |
Italian fruit liqueur |
| 14A |
Protagonist of the “Pokémon” TV show for twenty-five seasons |
| 15A |
She wrote in 1931 that anarchism meant “freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody’s right to beautiful, radiant things” |
| 16A |
Singer with the album “1000 Forms of Fear” |
| 17A |
Boxer Max whose son was in “The Beverly Hillbillies” |
| 18A |
Responses to an offer, colloquially |
| 19A |
It’s sometimes followed by an “S,” for “secure” |
| 20A |
Simchat ___ (Jewish celebration that includes the year’s first reading from Genesis) |
| 22A |
___ lo tanto (therefore, in Spain) |
| 23A |
Caterpillar competitor |
| 24A |
Keeps after taxes |
| 26A |
“Wolf Hall” novelist Hilary |
| 27A |
What some peanuts are made of |
| 30A |
Is down with |
| 31A |
Palestinian activist detained by ICE following his involvement in campus protests at Columbia |
| 33A |
“Tennessee ___” (Grateful Dead track) |
| 34A |
They’re slightly sweeter than turnips |
| 35A |
“Crises of the Republic” author Hannah |
| 37A |
Bravos at a bullfight |
| 38A |
“Pink Friday” Grammy nominee Nicki |
| 39A |
Glutinous substance |
| 41A |
Houston ball club, informally |
| 45A |
Contributes |
| 46A |
Drink akin to a Cape Codder, for short |
| 48A |
Garment that may be draped nivi-style |
| 49A |
Hour on a grandfather clock |
| 50A |
Woman who co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World, familiarly |
| 52A |
Is able to |
| 53A |
Playfully, in music |
| 54A |
He directed Michelle in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” |
| 55A |
Planner of very long trips |
| 56A |
Bit of Dionysian debauchery |
| 1D |
One seen courtside? |
| 2D |
“Immortal” flower in “Paradise Lost” |
| 3D |
Low-level functionary, so to speak |
| 4D |
Etch A Sketch control |
| 5D |
“So many souls / ___ the millstones like grain”: George Seferis, “Helen” |
| 6D |
Film-score composer Bernstein |
| 7D |
“Regretfully . . .” |
| 8D |
Heavy weight |
| 9D |
Request while holding a spoon |
| 10D |
“Do my eyes deceive me?” |
| 11D |
Hitching posts? |
| 12D |
😂 |
| 13D |
Removes from the paper, as coupons |
| 15D |
___ card (necessity for accessing SNAP benefits) |
| 19D |
Avian namesake of Haydn’s Symphony No. 83 |
| 21D |
1993 R. & B. hit with the lyric “Keep playin’ that song all night” |
| 23D |
They’re sought in court |
| 25D |
Rainbow ___ |
| 26D |
Pioneering blues musician Taj ___ |
| 27D |
Cause of a breakdown at a theatre, perhaps |
| 28D |
Pharmaceuticals overseer: Abbr. |
| 29D |
Put-down popularized on TikTok in 2019 |
| 31D |
Line in acupuncture |
| 32D |
Wedding band’s announcement |
| 33D |
Island where Tacky’s Revolt and the Baptist War took place |
| 36D |
“King’s Disease” rapper |
| 39D |
Peoples that included the Thervingi and Greuthungi |
| 40D |
“Just Mercy” actor ___ Jackson, Jr. |
| 42D |
Lustful |
| 43D |
Cookie in dirt pudding |
| 44D |
Term of address often used on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” |
| 46D |
Drug-yielding plant |
| 47D |
Ingredient in Italian wedding soup, sometimes |
| 50D |
Web portal with a butterfly logo |
| 51D |
Something jam-packed? |
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