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NYT Crossword answers for December 22, 2025

NYT Crossword · December 22, 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 C
  • 6 starts with A
  • 11 starts with B
  • 14 starts with A
  • 15 starts with W
  • 16 starts with I
  • 17 starts with J
  • 19 starts with G
  • 20 starts with O
  • 21 starts with B
  • 22 starts with I
  • 24 starts with L
  • 25 starts with J
  • 28 starts with E
  • 29 starts with E
  • 30 starts with O
  • 31 starts with S
  • 33 starts with A
  • 34 starts with E
  • 35 starts with O
  • 39 starts with P
  • 42 starts with S
  • 43 starts with A
  • 47 starts with O
  • 49 starts with G
  • 51 starts with L
  • 52 starts with P
  • 54 starts with D
  • 55 starts with F
  • 56 starts with A
  • 57 starts with B
  • 58 starts with O
  • 59 starts with S
  • 63 starts with U
  • 64 starts with A
  • 65 starts with A
  • 66 starts with L
  • 67 starts with T
  • 68 starts with T
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Deep sleeps COMAS
  • 6 Across: High-speed Amtrak train ACELA
  • 11 Across: Word with punching or sleeping BAG
  • 14 Across: One of a battery's poles ANODE
  • 15 Across: Older but ___ WISER
  • 16 Across: Under the weather ILL
  • 17 Across: Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhaps JAZZQUARTET
  • 19 Across: Day-___ paint GLO
  • 20 Across: "Garfield" dog ODIE
  • 21 Across: "It's freezing!" BRR
  • 22 Across: Typical "Survivor" locales ISLES
  • 24 Across: Rapper ___ Uzi Vert LIL
  • 25 Across: Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, for two JEDIMASTERS
  • 28 Across: Fish that may have an electric charge EEL
  • 29 Across: Stammering sounds ERS
  • 30 Across: Indignation OUTRAGE
  • 31 Across: What each U.S. senator represents STATE
  • 33 Across: Raggedy ___ ANN
  • 34 Across: Breyers competitor EDYS
  • 35 Across: Some exams allow them OPENNOTES
  • 39 Across: Cops, slangily POPO
  • 42 Across: Rode the bench SAT
  • 43 Across: Yoga pose ASANA
  • 47 Across: Enjoying great success ONATEAR
  • 49 Across: What electric cars don't use GAS
  • 51 Across: Like a 49-Across gauge that's near "Empty" LOW
  • 52 Across: Overly fussy PERSNICKETY
  • 54 Across: Bit of forensic evidence DNA
  • 55 Across: Pink ___ (rock band) FLOYD
  • 56 Across: Singer DiFranco ANI
  • 57 Across: Bill BEAK
  • 58 Across: Mideast export OIL
  • 59 Across: Cheat … or a punny hint to the four sets of circled letters SHORTCHANGE
  • 63 Across: French "a" UNE
  • 64 Across: Hearing-related AURAL
  • 65 Across: Playwright Chekhov ANTON
  • 66 Across: Kind of lamp that's energy-efficient LED
  • 67 Across: Easily irritated TESTY
  • 68 Across: Romeo and Juliet, agewise TEENS
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with C
  • 2 starts with O
  • 3 starts with M
  • 4 starts with A
  • 5 starts with S
  • 6 starts with A
  • 7 starts with C
  • 8 starts with E
  • 9 starts with L
  • 10 starts with A
  • 11 starts with B
  • 12 starts with A
  • 13 starts with G
  • 18 starts with U
  • 23 starts with S
  • 25 starts with J
  • 26 starts with M
  • 27 starts with A
  • 32 starts with T
  • 33 starts with A
  • 36 starts with E
  • 37 starts with N
  • 38 starts with E
  • 39 starts with P
  • 40 starts with O
  • 41 starts with P
  • 44 starts with A
  • 45 starts with N
  • 46 starts with A
  • 48 starts with E
  • 49 starts with G
  • 50 starts with A
  • 53 starts with K
  • 57 starts with B
  • 60 starts with H
  • 61 starts with O
  • 62 starts with H
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Persuades with flattery CAJOLES
  • 2 Down: Doing keto, perhaps ONADIET
  • 3 Down: Creator of Firefox and Thunderbird MOZILLA
  • 4 Down: Woodworking tool ADZE
  • 5 Down: Orderly arrangement: Abbr. SEQ
  • 6 Down: Oscars and Grammys, e.g. AWARDS
  • 7 Down: Wispy clouds CIRRI
  • 8 Down: Approx. EST
  • 9 Down: Harper ___, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" LEE
  • 10 Down: Monet or Manet ARTIST
  • 11 Down: Don't blow it! BIGLEAD
  • 12 Down: Reaction to pollen, e.g. ALLERGY
  • 13 Down: Shiny coatings GLOSSES
  • 18 Down: Lyft competitor UBER
  • 23 Down: Heart attack risk factor STRESS
  • 25 Down: Cherokee maker JEEP
  • 26 Down: "The kissing disease" MONO
  • 27 Down: Em, to Dorothy AUNT
  • 32 Down: Foot, in baby talk TOOTSY
  • 33 Down: Word after fire or carpenter ANT
  • 36 Down: Actor Morales ESAI
  • 37 Down: Drug agent, informally NARC
  • 38 Down: "No sweat!" EASY
  • 39 Down: Ball batted up and behind the catcher, say POPFOUL
  • 40 Down: Length of a pithy joke ONELINE
  • 41 Down: Released from jail early PAROLED
  • 44 Down: Pasta preference ALDENTE
  • 45 Down: Nine-sided figure NONAGON
  • 46 Down: Stirs from sleep AWAKENS
  • 48 Down: Is over by ENDSAT
  • 49 Down: With a light touch GENTLY
  • 50 Down: Suffix with problem ATIC
  • 53 Down: Gold standard KARAT
  • 57 Down: Scourge BANE
  • 60 Down: Shade of color HUE
  • 61 Down: Surgery sites, in brief ORS
  • 62 Down: Beanie or bowler HAT
Show the solved grid
1C2O3M4A5S6A7C8E9L10A11B12A13G14ANODE15WISER16ILL17JAZZQ18UARTET19GLO20ODIE21BRR22I23SLES24LIL25JEDI26M27ASTERS28EEL29ERS30OUTRAGE31STA32TE33ANN34EDYS35OP36E37NNOT38ES39P40O41PO42SAT43AS44A45N46A47ONAT48EAR49G50AS51LOW52PERSNIC53KETY54DNA55FLOYD56ANI57BEAK58OIL59S60H61ORTC62HANGE63UNE64AURAL65ANTON66LED67TESTY68TEENS

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