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NYT Crossword answers for December 8, 2025

NYT Crossword · December 8, 2025 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 78 clues from the Monday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with M
  • 6 starts with T
  • 10 starts with L
  • 13 starts with O
  • 14 starts with A
  • 16 starts with A
  • 17 starts with J
  • 19 starts with S
  • 20 starts with O
  • 21 starts with C
  • 22 starts with P
  • 24 starts with S
  • 26 starts with S
  • 28 starts with U
  • 30 starts with M
  • 32 starts with L
  • 35 starts with S
  • 37 starts with T
  • 39 starts with S
  • 40 starts with D
  • 41 starts with S
  • 42 starts with D
  • 43 starts with R
  • 44 starts with H
  • 45 starts with O
  • 48 starts with S
  • 50 starts with R
  • 52 starts with I
  • 56 starts with S
  • 58 starts with A
  • 60 starts with R
  • 61 starts with C
  • 62 starts with W
  • 65 starts with A
  • 66 starts with L
  • 67 starts with E
  • 68 starts with B
  • 69 starts with T
  • 70 starts with R
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Sir's counterpart MADAM
  • 6 Across: Folded Mexican snack TACO
  • 10 Across: Young chap LAD
  • 13 Across: "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley OPERA
  • 14 Across: Sean of "The Lord of the Rings" ASTIN
  • 16 Across: Chicken ___ king ALA
  • 17 Across: Wyoming skiing mecca JACKSONHOLE
  • 19 Across: Female pig SOW
  • 20 Across: Gold, in Spanish ORO
  • 21 Across: Dessert with icing CAKE
  • 22 Across: Motor City hoopster PISTON
  • 24 Across: Run out of clothes? STREAK
  • 26 Across: Like an envelope that's ready to be sent SEALED
  • 28 Across: ___ Major (constellation) URSA
  • 30 Across: "Enola Holmes" actress ___ Bobby Brown MILLIE
  • 32 Across: Bicycle shorts material LYCRA
  • 35 Across: Computer image SCAN
  • 37 Across: ID checkers at an airport TSA
  • 39 Across: Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhood SOHO
  • 40 Across: Finger or toe … or, when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down DIGIT
  • 41 Across: "Get outta here!" SCAT
  • 42 Across: Artificial colorant DYE
  • 43 Across: Half of a train track RAIL
  • 44 Across: "That's boring!" HOHUM
  • 45 Across: Starting point ORIGIN
  • 48 Across: Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis) SLAM
  • 50 Across: Hardest to find RAREST
  • 52 Across: "Let me clarify ..." IMEANT
  • 56 Across: Gesture suggesting "I see what you did there" SLYNOD
  • 58 Across: Top poker cards ACES
  • 60 Across: Monarch at Versailles ROI
  • 61 Across: Golfer's target ... or prize CUP
  • 62 Across: End successfully WORKOUTWELL
  • 65 Across: Comedian Wong ALI
  • 66 Across: Medieval stringed instruments LUTES
  • 67 Across: "___, meenie, miney, mo" EENIE
  • 68 Across: Crunchy sandwich, for short BLT
  • 69 Across: Camp shelter TENT
  • 70 Across: Religious ceremonies RITES
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with M
  • 2 starts with A
  • 3 starts with D
  • 4 starts with A
  • 5 starts with M
  • 6 starts with T
  • 7 starts with A
  • 8 starts with C
  • 9 starts with O
  • 10 starts with L
  • 11 starts with A
  • 12 starts with D
  • 15 starts with N
  • 18 starts with O
  • 23 starts with S
  • 25 starts with E
  • 27 starts with E
  • 29 starts with A
  • 31 starts with E
  • 32 starts with L
  • 33 starts with Y
  • 34 starts with C
  • 36 starts with C
  • 38 starts with A
  • 40 starts with D
  • 41 starts with S
  • 44 starts with H
  • 46 starts with I
  • 47 starts with G
  • 49 starts with L
  • 51 starts with T
  • 53 starts with A
  • 54 starts with N
  • 55 starts with T
  • 56 starts with S
  • 57 starts with L
  • 59 starts with C
  • 63 starts with R
  • 64 starts with W
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Magic charms MOJOS
  • 2 Down: Not together APART
  • 3 Down: Interior design DECOR
  • 4 Down: Genesis boat ARK
  • 5 Down: The eyes may have it MASCARA
  • 6 Down: Scuba gear TANK
  • 7 Down: Remnants of a volcanic spew ASHES
  • 8 Down: Corp. exec overseeing engineers, say CTO
  • 9 Down: Stuff on an artist's palette OILPAINT
  • 10 Down: Eleventh-hour LASTDITCH
  • 11 Down: Potatoes, in Indian cooking ALOO
  • 12 Down: From ___ to dusk DAWN
  • 15 Down: Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park" NEILL
  • 18 Down: Acorn droppers OAKS
  • 23 Down: Salt, in Paris SEL
  • 25 Down: Money across the Atlantic EURO
  • 27 Down: Messages on which you might be cc'd EMAILS
  • 29 Down: Iraqis and Iranians ASIANS
  • 31 Down: Biblical brother of Jacob ESAU
  • 32 Down: Psychedelic tab LSD
  • 33 Down: Toy on a string that's not a kite YOYO
  • 34 Down: Center of a stone fruit CHERRYPIT
  • 36 Down: Film special effects, for short CGI
  • 38 Down: After-hours source of $$$ ATM
  • 40 Down: Lost moisture DRIEDOUT
  • 41 Down: Nonspecific amount SOME
  • 44 Down: Pet that stores food in cheek pouches HAMSTER
  • 46 Down: Author Fleming IAN
  • 47 Down: What empty stomachs do GROWL
  • 49 Down: In ___ of LIEU
  • 51 Down: No longer available TAKEN
  • 53 Down: "There ___ enough hours in the day" ARENT
  • 54 Down: "That's the truth!" NOLIE
  • 55 Down: Mosaic pieces TILES
  • 56 Down: Covering over a wound SCAB
  • 57 Down: Pause in the action LULL
  • 59 Down: "It's gonna ___ you!" COST
  • 63 Down: Hwy. RTE
  • 64 Down: Early Chinese dynasty WEI
Show the solved grid
1M2A3D4A5M6T7A8C9O10L11A12D13OPERA14ASTI15N16ALA17JACKS18ONHOLE19SOW20ORO21CAKE22PI23STON24STR25EAK26S27EALED28URS29A30MILLI31E32L33Y34CRA35S36CAN37TS38A39SOHO40DIGIT41SCAT42DYE43RAIL44HOHUM45OR46I47GIN48S49LAM50RARES51T52IME53A54N55T56S57LYNOD58A59CES60ROI61CUP62WO63RKOUT64WELL65ALI66LUTES67EENIE68BLT69TENT70RITES

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