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NYT Crossword answers for December 23, 2025

NYT Crossword · December 23, 2025 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 75 clues from the Tuesday 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 N
  • 5 starts with A
  • 10 starts with S
  • 14 starts with C
  • 15 starts with M
  • 16 starts with C
  • 17 starts with O
  • 18 starts with S
  • 19 starts with O
  • 20 starts with C
  • 23 starts with K
  • 24 starts with U
  • 25 starts with A
  • 27 starts with E
  • 28 starts with C
  • 31 starts with F
  • 32 starts with M
  • 34 starts with A
  • 36 starts with P
  • 38 starts with S
  • 39 starts with C
  • 41 starts with T
  • 44 starts with N
  • 45 starts with E
  • 49 starts with U
  • 50 starts with S
  • 54 starts with U
  • 55 starts with S
  • 57 starts with A
  • 59 starts with C
  • 63 starts with A
  • 64 starts with L
  • 65 starts with V
  • 66 starts with N
  • 67 starts with Y
  • 68 starts with E
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Longtime CBS procedural with multiple spinoffs NCIS
  • 5 Across: Highly capable ADEPT
  • 10 Across: Ctrl+S command SAVE
  • 14 Across: Alternative to check or credit card CASH
  • 15 Across: Secondary subject for a college student MINOR
  • 16 Across: Short video CLIP
  • 17 Across: Appropriately named bus driver on "The Simpsons" OTTO
  • 18 Across: Alternative to épée or foil, in British English SABRE
  • 19 Across: Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature OLGA
  • 20 Across: Classic Hanukkah treat CHOCOLATECOIN
  • 23 Across: Brownish-yellow fabric KHAKI
  • 24 Across: Institution of higher education, to a Brit UNI
  • 25 Across: Sleeper's breathing problem APNEA
  • 27 Across: Lead-in to "drink and be merry" EAT
  • 28 Across: Classic classroom party treat CUPCAKE
  • 31 Across: Antitrust enforcement org. FTC
  • 32 Across: Unfortunate accident MISHAP
  • 34 Across: Clever ASTUTE
  • 36 Across: Highly pleased about PROUDOF
  • 38 Across: Colored, as church glass STAINED
  • 39 Across: Classic Halloween treat CANDYCORN
  • 41 Across: It's part of the job TASK
  • 44 Across: Prefix with classic NEO
  • 45 Across: Carve ETCH
  • 49 Across: Take advantage of USE
  • 50 Across: "Where'd you hear that?" SAYSWHO
  • 54 Across: Dream Team country, for short USA
  • 55 Across: Take responsibility STEPUP
  • 57 Across: Cry from a movie director ANDCUT
  • 59 Across: Classic Yuletide treat CHRISTMASCOOKIE
  • 63 Across: Prayer ender AMEN
  • 64 Across: This should clear things up! LASIK
  • 65 Across: Reject, as a bill VETO
  • 66 Across: Nothing, in Nogales NADA
  • 67 Across: Cries out YELPS
  • 68 Across: Biblical garden EDEN
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with N
  • 2 starts with C
  • 3 starts with I
  • 4 starts with S
  • 5 starts with A
  • 6 starts with D
  • 7 starts with E
  • 8 starts with P
  • 9 starts with T
  • 10 starts with S
  • 11 starts with A
  • 12 starts with V
  • 13 starts with E
  • 21 starts with C
  • 22 starts with C
  • 23 starts with K
  • 26 starts with A
  • 29 starts with U
  • 30 starts with K
  • 33 starts with H
  • 35 starts with T
  • 37 starts with F
  • 38 starts with S
  • 40 starts with Y
  • 41 starts with T
  • 42 starts with A
  • 43 starts with S
  • 46 starts with T
  • 47 starts with C
  • 48 starts with H
  • 50 starts with S
  • 51 starts with A
  • 52 starts with H
  • 53 starts with O
  • 56 starts with P
  • 58 starts with D
  • 60 starts with M
  • 61 starts with A
  • 62 starts with S
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Sgt. or cpl. NCO
  • 2 Down: Go off a ski jump, say CATCHAIR
  • 3 Down: "Oh, really?" ISTHATSO
  • 4 Down: Tried to identify, in a way, as a wrapped gift SHOOK
  • 5 Down: Playground retort AMSO
  • 6 Down: 1990s internet option DIALUP
  • 7 Down: With all judges present ENBANC
  • 8 Down: ___ de Rossi, "Arrested Development" actress PORTIA
  • 9 Down: Aspen or pine TREE
  • 10 Down: Reporter's big get SCOOP
  • 11 Down: Just for grins ALLINFUN
  • 12 Down: Short version of an impactful story VIGNETTE
  • 13 Down: Org. regulating water safety EPA
  • 21 Down: Insect that emerges en masse every 13 or 17 years CICADA
  • 22 Down: Kind of salad whose dressing contains anchovies CAESAR
  • 23 Down: Former N.B.A. star Shawn with the nickname "Reign Man" KEMP
  • 26 Down: Nailed, as a test ACED
  • 29 Down: "Once ___ a time …" UPON
  • 30 Down: Character played by Bruce Lee on "The Green Hornet" KATO
  • 33 Down: ___ Finn HUCK
  • 35 Down: One of three on the pitchfork in "American Gothic" TINE
  • 37 Down: Big Apple org. that's going to blazes? FDNY
  • 38 Down: Flat-bottomed boat SCOW
  • 40 Down: "That's correct!" YES
  • 41 Down: Resident of Pisa or Lucca TUSCAN
  • 42 Down: Condition that may require an inhaler ASTHMA
  • 43 Down: Get more than a little mad SEERED
  • 46 Down: Like many a dress shirt, with "in" TUCKED
  • 47 Down: Top execs, colloquially … or what 20-, 28-, 39- and 59-Across are, phonetically? CSUITE
  • 48 Down: Make negative remarks about HATEON
  • 50 Down: Not on the up and up, slangily SUS
  • 51 Down: In a fitting way APTLY
  • 52 Down: Breaks (into), as a computer system HACKS
  • 53 Down: Middle name for Lennon starting in 1969 ONO
  • 56 Down: "Escape (The ___ Colada Song)" PINA
  • 58 Down: Sign of peace DOVE
  • 60 Down: Sallie or Fannie follower MAE
  • 61 Down: Hand-y communication method, for short? ASL
  • 62 Down: Drink slowly SIP
Show the solved grid
1N2C3I4S5A6D7E8P9T10S11A12V13E14CASH15MINOR16CLIP17OTTO18SABRE19OLGA20CHO21COLATE22COIN23KHAKI24UNI25APNE26A27EAT28C29UPCA30KE31FTC32MIS33HAP34AS35TUTE36PROUDO37F38STAINED39CAND40YCORN41T42A43SK44NEO45E46T47C48H49USE50S51AYSW52H53O54USA55STE56PUP57AN58DCUT59CHRIST60M61A62SCOOKIE63AMEN64LASIK65VETO66NADA67YELPS68EDEN

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