New York Times Crossword December 12 2025 Answers
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Below is the solved grid and the full clue list for the New York Times Crossword on December 12 2025, constructed by Adrian Johnson and Jess Rucks. Click any clue to reveal its answer.
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Across
- 1ASome free spots, for short›
- 5AGrounds›
- 10ADoesn't just talk›
- 14A"You're telling me!"›
- 16AWord with wet or sweat›
- 17AConspiracy theorist's accessory›
- 18A"Don't leave me!," e.g.›
- 19A16 in a Sweet Sixteen›
- 20AMain component of a "gutbucket," a jug band instrument›
- 22APersonal records›
- 25APadlocked fasteners›
- 26AVariety of orange named for a European city›
- 29AWhat blue crabs do roughly 20 times in their lifetimes›
- 30AJobs announcement of 2010›
- 31ANews feed, perhaps›
- 35A[Waaaaah!]›
- 36AThick confection used for cake icing›
- 37APart of a golf club›
- 38ASee 5-Down›
- 40ABinary›
- 41ASuccors›
- 42APhoto session workers›
- 44AAce, e.g.›
- 46ASkater's braking method with the back foot positioned horizontally›
- 47ARelative of a craft fair›
- 50A"Duino Elegies" poet›
- 53ASaves, as a digital location›
- 54AClichéd line from the side of a product package›
- 58AIt's cool to drink›
- 59A"I haven't told you the best part ..."›
- 60AImpressively accurate pass, in football slang›
- 61AFloats›
- 62AGive a bad hand?›
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- 1DStone›
- 2DVaudeville highlight›
- 3DPulitzer-winning journalist Applebaum›
- 4DYou might pull one out for a guest›
- 5DWith 38-Across, one way to sit›
- 6DFeel gross›
- 7D"Gross"›
- 8DPlaywright 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›
- 10DRocky road ingredient?›
- 11DDistinction for a classic underground work›
- 12DBind›
- 13DSticks a fork in›
- 15DPart of NOW›
- 21D"Fiddlesticks!"›
- 23DDisney princess in New Orleans›
- 24DWorkshop debris›
- 26DPossible need for entry›
- 27DEach›
- 28DColleague who might be solutions-oriented?›
- 29DTropical plants said to bring good fortune›
- 32D"That's the truth"›
- 33DKid's parent›
- 34DHagfish lookalikes›
- 36DCompany whose logo has a hidden arrow between its fourth and fifth letters›
- 39DPerformance that isn't prerecorded›
- 40DWord from the Greek for "folded paper"›
- 43DButcher shop buys›
- 44DPleasing to the palate›
- 45D"Buss It" rapper ___ Banks›
- 48DWay›
- 49DArm of the Dept. of Labor›
- 51DPart of a cabinet›
- 52DFrench 101 verb›
- 55DWhitehouse in D.C., e.g.: Abbr.›
- 56DPhysics unit equivalent to roughly 624 gigaelectronvolts›
- 57DThoroughly evaluate›
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