NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 1, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 1, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Hannah BinneyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Office announcement ↗MEMO
  2. 5Jump ↗LEAP
  3. 9Repairs a hole ↗MENDS
  4. 14Ingredient in some smoothie bowls ↗ACAI
  5. 15Plus ↗ALSO
  6. 16To no ___ (without success) ↗AVAIL
  7. 17"Remedy" for a riled-up person ↗CHILLPILL
  8. 19Dashboard instrument ↗GAUGE
  9. 20CR-V or Civic ↗HONDA
  10. 21George who played Sulu on "Star Trek" ↗TAKEI
  11. 23Headstone letters ↗RIP
  12. 24Penalty for bank fraud ↗FROZENACCOUNT
  13. 27Read thoroughly ↗PERUSE
  14. 29Rowing implement ↗OAR
  15. 30"Madam, I'm ___" ↗ADAM
  16. 31Emu relative ↗RHEA
  17. 35Locks up ↗CAGES
  18. 39Lower, as the lights ↗DIM
  19. 40Hip person, in old slang ↗COOLCAT
  20. 42Genre for Cardi B or LL Cool J ↗RAP
  21. 43Curry of the N.B.A., informally ↗STEPH
  22. 45Boat tie-up location ↗PIER
  23. 46Tortilla ingredient ↗MASA
  24. 47Enjoy a banquet ↗EAT
  25. 49Goes over by hand, as a drawing ↗TRACES
  26. 51Antithesis ↗POLAROPPOSITE
  27. 57"I've solved it!" ↗AHA
  28. 58Creator of Asteroids and Pong ↗ATARI
  29. 59"You should come foraging with me, because I'm a ___" (bad pun) ↗FUNGI
  30. 62Assigned stars, say ↗RATED
  31. 64Cause of some wintry weather ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across ↗COLDFRONT
  32. 66Woman who bests Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia" ↗IRENE
  33. 67Largest joint in the body ↗KNEE
  34. 68Some airport listings, for short ↗ETAS
  35. 69Sends an eggplant emoji, say ↗SEXTS
  36. 70Feudal underling ↗SERF
  37. 71Fresh and glowing, in skin-care terminology ↗DEWY

Down 41

  1. 1___ 1 (speed of sound) ↗MACH
  2. 2Result of yelling into a cave ↗ECHO
  3. 3Supercomputer precursor ↗MAINFRAME
  4. 4Container on a ship from the Mideast ↗OILDRUM
  5. 5Napkin's spot ↗LAP
  6. 6Best of the best ↗ELITE
  7. 7Narnian talking lion ↗ASLAN
  8. 8Classic music style beloved by Weird Al Yankovic ↗POLKA
  9. 9Performance in which a lady might be sawed in half ↗MAGICACT
  10. 10Actress Noblezada of "Hadestown" ↗EVA
  11. 11Third-smallest country in the world (eight square miles) ↗NAURU
  12. 12"Dinner is served!" ↗DIGIN
  13. 13Caught some Z's ↗SLEPT
  14. 18Country where sticky rice is a staple ↗LAOS
  15. 22Prefix with friendly ↗ECO
  16. 25Zilch ↗ZERO
  17. 26British singer Rita ↗ORA
  18. 27Adds unnecessary words to ↗PADS
  19. 28Computer menu heading next to "File" ↗EDIT
  20. 32Preceder of skip and jump ↗HOP
  21. 33Ex-QB Manning ↗ELI
  22. 34Absolutely nail ↗ACE
  23. 36Bit of musical flair ↗GRACENOTE
  24. 37Effortlessness ↗EASE
  25. 38Establishments offering facials ↗SPAS
  26. 40Game in which sound effects are banned ↗CHARADES
  27. 41Counterpart to sciences ↗ARTS
  28. 44Split-___ soup ↗PEA
  29. 46Grew up ↗MATURED
  30. 48Young ’un ↗TOT
  31. 50Bit of musical flair ↗RIFF
  32. 51"Les Misérables" setting ↗PARIS
  33. 52Midway Airport alternative ↗OHARE
  34. 53Hospital glove material ↗LATEX
  35. 54Wolf groups ↗PACKS
  36. 55Disposed (to) ↗PRONE
  37. 56Edmonton hockey player ↗OILER
  38. 60Chew, like a dog on a bone ↗GNAW
  39. 61Teensy ↗ITSY
  40. 63Tolkien tree creature ↗ENT
  41. 65"For sure" ↗DEF