NYT Crossword December 12 2025 Answers (12/12/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for December 12 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword December 12, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword December 12, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 12/12/25, 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 Some free spots, for short
5A Grounds
10A Doesn't just talk
14A "You're telling me!"
16A Word with wet or sweat
17A Conspiracy theorist's accessory
18A "Don't leave me!," e.g.
19A 16 in a Sweet Sixteen
20A Main component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrument
22A Personal records
25A Padlocked fasteners
26A Variety of orange named for a European city
29A What blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimes
30A Jobs announcement of 2010
31A News feed, perhaps
35A [Waaaaah!]
36A Thick confection used for cake icing
37A Part of a golf club
38A See 5-Down
40A Binary
41A Succors
42A Photo session workers
44A Ace, e.g.
46A Skater's braking method with the back foot positioned horizontally
47A Relative of a craft fair
50A "Duino Elegies" poet
53A Saves, as a digital location
54A Clichéd line from the side of a product package
58A It's cool to drink
59A "I haven't told you the best part ..."
60A Impressively accurate pass, in football slang
61A Floats
62A Give a bad hand?
1D Stone
2D Vaudeville highlight
3D Pulitzer-winning journalist Applebaum
4D You might pull one out for a guest
5D With 38-Across, one way to sit
6D Feel gross
7D "Gross"
8D Playwright who wrote "You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'"
9D "Tell Mama" singer James
10D Rocky road ingredient?
11D Distinction for a classic underground work
12D Bind
13D Sticks a fork in
15D Part of NOW
21D "Fiddlesticks!"
23D Disney princess in New Orleans
24D Workshop debris
26D Possible need for entry
27D Each
28D Colleague who might be solutions-oriented?
29D Tropical plants said to bring good fortune
32D "That's the truth"
33D Kid's parent
34D Hagfish lookalikes
36D Company whose logo has a hidden arrow between its fourth and fifth letters
39D Performance that isn't prerecorded
40D Word from the Greek for "folded paper"
43D Butcher shop buys
44D Pleasing to the palate
45D "Buss It" rapper ___ Banks
48D Way
49D Arm of the Dept. of Labor
51D Part of a cabinet
52D French 101 verb
55D Whitehouse in D.C., e.g.: Abbr.
56D Physics unit equivalent to roughly 624 gigaelectronvolts
57D Thoroughly evaluate

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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