NYT Crossword December 7 2025 Answers (12/7/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for December 7 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword December 7, 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 7, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 12/7/25, 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 Fancy dos
6A "Count me out"
11A Cantankerous captain of fiction
15A Lab provisions?
19A Bit of letter-shaped hardware
20A Attended
21A New York university based in Manhattan
22A A "bear of very little brain"
23A Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison?
25A John James Audubon?
27A Victorian-era prescription for melancholy
28A They'll make it up to you
30A Stumble or lurch
31A Pittsburgh-to-Buffalo dir.
32A Dictionary tag: Abbr.
34A Summer camper's conveyance
36A Emmy-winning actor Ray
38A Samuel Morse?
43A Sir Edmund Hillary?
46A Lake that's home to the world's largest freshwater island
47A Bit of cacao
49A Come out on top
50A Suffix with hypn-
51A Trees commonly confused with birches
54A Deposit that might gather interest?
55A Cheeky
59A Sir Isaac Newton?
62A Cattle calls
63A "Harper Valley ___" (1968 hit)
64A TV tavern visited by Mayor Quimby
65A Shoe covering
67A It's often rapped but never spoken
68A Like beds on lazy Saturdays
70A Cuts (back)
71A Outfit that may have a hood
73A Kofi ___, former secretary general of the United Nations
74A Like the Red Sea after a visit from Moses
76A Rain on your wedding day, perhaps
77A
79A Oui : non :: ja : ___
80A Gregor Mendel?
83A Hint
85A Gives a thumbs up
86A Basic tenet of improv
87A Sister to Lex Luthor
88A With love, musically
91A A urinal, according to Duchamp
92A Remedies
93A Henry Ford?
98A Orville and Wilbur Wright?
100A Give a darn, again?
101A Food and water, e.g.
103A College located in Cedar Rapids
104A "That sounds awful!"
105A Noble title
108A Bit of letter-shaped hardware
110A Unexpected endings
115A Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung?
118A Galileo Galilei?
120A Genesis
121A Roof overhang
122A Weirdly spooky
123A Church staple
124A "Vous ___ ici" (French map phrase)
125A Part of a wooden bench
126A "In other words," in other words
127A Trips around the sun
1D Solos at a party, say
2D The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
3D Future birthplace of Captain Kirk
4D Pest whose name is a homophone for what you might do when you see it
5D Gone to great lengths
6D ___ Jima
7D One of the Fab Four
8D Jelly you wouldn't pair with peanut butter
9D Arabic greeting and farewell
10D Canned fuel used in making fondue
11D Broadcast to squad cars, in brief
12D Slim margin of victory
13D One chain x one furlong
14D Amelia ___, maid of children's literature
15D Its showers bring flowers: Abbr.
16D Grant a mortgage, say
17D Where one's trip begins
18D "Golly, that's cool!"
24D Rock climber's handhold
26D Russian crepes
29D Starter, perhaps
33D Is felt strongly
35D Firmly establishes
37D Crazy Horse and fellow tribespeople
38D Bite down hard
39D Musical tool popularized by T-Pain
40D Personification of England, Scotland and Wales
41D Sets of points, in math
42D "Jeepers creepers!"
44D Pied-à-___
45D Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr.
48D Word after you or wanna
51D "And giving ___, up the chimney he rose"
52D Nullify
53D ___-cat
56D Like many Russian housing blocks
57D Made more enticing
58D French fashion inits.
60D Oldest independent state in the Arab world
61D Alter, as a T-shirt for a Phish concert, say
66D Idealist
67D Actress Rowlands
69D She-shed's counterpart
70D Like some nails found in a drugstore
72D Geek (out)
73D Drone or queen
75D Want from
76D Catherine of "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind"
78D Uncouth
81D Farm-share program, for short
82D Hint
84D Self-proclaimed "Rap God"
85D ___ chart
89D Like many couples at theaters
90D McFlurry flavor
92D Something for canines to sink their canines into
93D Toil
94D Wish one could take back
95D Arrival announcement
96D ___ Lannister, "Game of Thrones" queen
97D Like professional publications
99D Indian flatbread
102D Trap
106D Not just theoretical
107D It runs hot
109D Drab color for una casa
111D Concerning
112D Sonic the Hedgehog company
113D Feodor I, for one
114D Taxpayer IDs
116D Morning times, in brief
117D Encountered
119D Kind of nurse or suit

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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Christine Mielke

Christine Mielke has been an avid fan of word games and puzzles for over two decades. She loves to unscramble words, challenge herself to crossword puzzles and try out the latest word games. As a published author and database architect, it was natural for her to take her love for all things word games to the next level!

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