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NYT Crossword answers for December 15, 2025

NYT Crossword · December 15, 2025 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 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 S
  • 6 starts with B
  • 10 starts with J
  • 13 starts with A
  • 14 starts with A
  • 15 starts with A
  • 16 starts with R
  • 18 starts with D
  • 20 starts with A
  • 21 starts with L
  • 23 starts with S
  • 24 starts with H
  • 27 starts with S
  • 28 starts with S
  • 30 starts with T
  • 32 starts with D
  • 33 starts with T
  • 36 starts with H
  • 39 starts with Y
  • 42 starts with O
  • 43 starts with I
  • 45 starts with E
  • 46 starts with D
  • 50 starts with C
  • 52 starts with B
  • 55 starts with T
  • 57 starts with P
  • 58 starts with I
  • 59 starts with B
  • 61 starts with A
  • 63 starts with A
  • 64 starts with L
  • 65 starts with U
  • 66 starts with R
  • 67 starts with E
  • 68 starts with P
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: ___ Nicholas SAINT
  • 6 Across: Judge's seat, from the French BANC
  • 10 Across: N.Y.C. airport JFK
  • 13 Across: "Star Wars" droid, familiarly ARTOO
  • 14 Across: Side's length squared, for a square AREA
  • 15 Across: Thrilla in Manila boxer ALI
  • 16 Across: Recharge one's batteries RESTUP
  • 18 Across: Prepared to bathe DISROBED
  • 20 Across: Cool ___ cucumber ASA
  • 21 Across: "Balderdash!" LIES
  • 23 Across: Filled in (for), for short SUBBED
  • 24 Across: Schmoozed (with) HOBNOBBED
  • 27 Across: Good, long bath SOAK
  • 28 Across: Slight injury from tripping STUBBEDTOE
  • 30 Across: Bridge support TRUSS
  • 32 Across: Karl Marx's "___ Kapital" DAS
  • 33 Across: Do one better than TOP
  • 36 Across: President Hoover HERBERT
  • 39 Across: "You take credit cards?" response YESWEDO
  • 42 Across: Unconventional ODD
  • 43 Across: Alternative to the pill, in brief IUD
  • 45 Across: Dog-___ (like the pages in some books) EARED
  • 46 Across: Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for DUBBEDFILM
  • 50 Across: Location for a goatee or soul patch CHIN
  • 52 Across: Enchanted BEDAZZLED
  • 55 Across: Big-beaked tropical bird TOUCAN
  • 57 Across: One-named Brazilian soccer star PELE
  • 58 Across: "If you ask me …," to texters IMO
  • 59 Across: Camp sleeping spots … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters BUNKBEDS
  • 61 Across: Sci-fi writer Isaac ASIMOV
  • 63 Across: Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.? APT
  • 64 Across: Tales of yore LORE
  • 65 Across: Join in marriage UNITE
  • 66 Across: Lo-___ graphics RES
  • 67 Across: One-named Grammy winner from Ireland ENYA
  • 68 Across: ___ Cottontail PETER
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with S
  • 2 starts with A
  • 3 starts with I
  • 4 starts with N
  • 5 starts with T
  • 6 starts with B
  • 7 starts with A
  • 8 starts with N
  • 9 starts with C
  • 10 starts with J
  • 11 starts with F
  • 12 starts with K
  • 17 starts with P
  • 19 starts with O
  • 22 starts with E
  • 25 starts with N
  • 26 starts with D
  • 29 starts with T
  • 30 starts with T
  • 31 starts with R
  • 33 starts with T
  • 34 starts with O
  • 35 starts with P
  • 37 starts with R
  • 38 starts with T
  • 40 starts with S
  • 41 starts with W
  • 44 starts with D
  • 46 starts with D
  • 47 starts with U
  • 48 starts with D
  • 49 starts with F
  • 50 starts with C
  • 51 starts with H
  • 53 starts with E
  • 54 starts with D
  • 55 starts with T
  • 56 starts with N
  • 60 starts with D
  • 62 starts with I
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Wife of Abraham, in the Bible SARAH
  • 2 Down: "You ___ right!" ARESO
  • 3 Down: "Ridiculous!" ITSABSURD
  • 4 Down: "I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World" NOT
  • 5 Down: Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec TOULOUSE
  • 6 Down: One who's rotten from the start BADSEED
  • 7 Down: Singer Grande, to fans ARI
  • 8 Down: Loch ___ monster NESS
  • 9 Down: Opera great Enrico CARUSO
  • 10 Down: Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss JABBA
  • 11 Down: On ___ (looking great, in slang) FLEEK
  • 12 Down: Colonial-era pirate captain KIDD
  • 17 Down: Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor) PIBB
  • 19 Down: Orchestral woodwind OBOE
  • 22 Down: Be on the wane EBB
  • 25 Down: Crash-investigating org. NTSB
  • 26 Down: Turning point in W.W. II DDAY
  • 29 Down: When doubled, an African fly TSE
  • 30 Down: But, briefly THO
  • 31 Down: Like a ripe strawberry RED
  • 33 Down: Re-election restriction TERMLIMIT
  • 34 Down: Many a Wordsworth poem ODE
  • 35 Down: Pea holder POD
  • 37 Down: Part of a barbecue rack RIB
  • 38 Down: Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame TUBB
  • 40 Down: Suddenly stops working, as an engine SEIZESUP
  • 41 Down: Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate WALZ
  • 44 Down: Beyond the continental shelf, say DEEPSEA
  • 46 Down: Comic actor Van Dyke DICK
  • 47 Down: Lacking the capacity UNABLE
  • 48 Down: Prez before 10-Across DDE
  • 49 Down: "Deck the Halls" syllables FALA
  • 50 Down: Two-door auto COUPE
  • 51 Down: Outings for foxhounds HUNTS
  • 53 Down: Show feelings onstage EMOTE
  • 54 Down: Capital of Delaware DOVER
  • 55 Down: Lift on the slopes TBAR
  • 56 Down: Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip NEON
  • 60 Down: Funny in a subtle way DRY
  • 62 Down: Suffix with Benedict or elephant INE
Show the solved grid
1S2A3I4N5T6B7A8N9C10J11F12K13ARTOO14AREA15ALI16RESTU17P18DISR19OBED20ASA21LI22ES23SUBBED24HOB25NOBBE26D27SOAK28STUBBED29TOE30T31RUSS32DAS33T34O35P36HERBE37R38T39YE40S41WEDO42ODD43IU44D45EARED46D47UBBE48D49FILM50C51HIN52BEDAZZL53E54D55TOUCA56N57PELE58IMO59BUNKBE60DS61AS62IMOV63APT64LORE65UNITE66RES67ENYA68PETER

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