NYT Midi Crossword December 8, 2025 Answers (12/8/25)

Our NYT Midi 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 York Times Midi Crossword is a medium sized version of the paper’s famous mini and daily crossword puzzle. The midi crossword is just as challenging as its bigger counterpart, but with fewer clues and a medium grid.

NYT Midi Crossword December 8, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Midi 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!

#	Clue
1A	Practical joke
4A	Small plates such as chorizo al vino and pan con tomate
6A	Kind of payment for a lottery winner
8A	Hilly beach formations
9A	___-meets-girl (classic rom-com plot device)
11A	Notable periods of history
12A	Green gemstone used in Chinese art
13A	Hosts with mics, for short
14A	Units of real estate
15A	Blah
17A	"This ___ well!" ("Things are looking up!")
18A	U-turn from ENE
1D	Bocce and Boggle
2D	The four in my iPhone dock are Phone, Email, Safari and Messages
3D	Car fuel
4D	Footlong fish sandwich
5D	Outbacks and Crosstreks
6D	Leave in the ___
7D	Internet connection device
8D	Biden or Obama, for short
10D	Sports announcer Marv Albert's catchphrase after a made basket
12D	L.L.Bean competitor
14D	Does some arithmetic
16D	Cut the grass

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.