NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 11, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 11, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kevin CurryEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Against ↗ANTI
  2. 5Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband ↗HERA
  3. 9Suisse peak ↗ALPE
  4. 13Spoils ↗LOOT
  5. 14Work of Bellini or Bizet ↗OPERA
  6. 16Stead ↗LIEU
  7. 17SEAL … SWAT … B … ↗DREAMTEAMS
  8. 19Some ways off ↗AFAR
  9. 20Plane divider ↗AISLE
  10. 21English town known for its salt ↗EPSOM
  11. 23Sustainable start? ↗ECO
  12. 24Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across ↗ILL
  13. 26Author Zora ___ Hurston ↗NEALE
  14. 28Utopia … 10 … ideal … ↗PICTUREPERFECT
  15. 34Warms up for a race, say ↗JOGS
  16. 35Columbus's smallest ship ↗NINA
  17. 36"No harm, no foul" ↗ITSOK
  18. 37Bus. page news ↗IPO
  19. 38Landing area in a long jump ↗SANDPIT
  20. 40Sign for cheap admission ↗SRO
  21. 41Word with heavy or scrap ↗METAL
  22. 43Slip (out), in a way ↗SEEP
  23. 44Cry over spilt milk? ↗OOPS
  24. 45Puff … Komodo … Smaug … ↗IMAGINEDRAGONS
  25. 48Take inspiration from ↗OWETO
  26. 49Quote from Homer ↗DOH
  27. 50Cable staple since 1972 ↗HBO
  28. 51A replay might be seen in this ↗SLOMO
  29. 55Echo starter ↗ALEXA
  30. 59Prepares to throw ↗AIMS
  31. 61Fish … scuba … Army … ↗THINKTANKS
  32. 63Reunion group ↗CLAN
  33. 64Subject of an Oscars announcement ↗EMCEE
  34. 65What a dog might do to its owner ↗LICK
  35. 66Lottery-style gambling game ↗KENO
  36. 67Dreamcast developer ↗SEGA
  37. 68Puts two and two together, say ↗ADDS

Down 39

  1. 1Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers" ↗ALDA
  2. 2Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant ↗NORI
  3. 3Steps up to, as the line ↗TOES
  4. 4Right-leaning type ↗ITALICS
  5. 5Super-trendy ↗HOT
  6. 6Electrified Olympic weapon ↗EPEE
  7. 7Collect, as rewards ↗REAP
  8. 8Huggers ↗ARMS
  9. 9In the style of ↗ALA
  10. 10Something learned the hard way, often ↗LIFELESSON
  11. 11Organization promoting international goodwill ↗PEACECORPS
  12. 12Coin with 12 stars on it ↗EURO
  13. 15Acting collectively ↗ASONE
  14. 18Un-solid-ify ↗MELT
  15. 22Be worthy of ↗MERIT
  16. 25Sol's sister ↗LUNA
  17. 27Toward the back of the boat ↗AFT
  18. 28Big wheels in the Vatican? ↗POPEMOBILE
  19. 29Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954) ↗IGOTAWOMAN
  20. 30Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this ↗RINSE
  21. 31Quit ↗ENDED
  22. 32Art class staple ↗PAPER
  23. 33Abrupt endings, of a sort ↗TKOS
  24. 342022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend ↗JIMI
  25. 38Narrow openings ↗SLITS
  26. 39Big Apple debut in 2010 ↗IPAD
  27. 42This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president ↗AGE
  28. 44"Lux-ur-ious!" ↗OOHLALA
  29. 46Nick of "Cape Fear" ↗NOLTE
  30. 47Pan in the butt? ↗GOAT
  31. 50Cybersecurity concern ↗HACK
  32. 52Electrical units ↗OHMS
  33. 53Maze runners, sometimes ↗MICE
  34. 54Universal donor's type, informally ↗ONEG
  35. 56Children's author Blyton ↗ENID
  36. 57Popular stick-figure webcomic ↗XKCD
  37. 58Quizzes ↗ASKS
  38. 60___-cone ↗SNO
  39. 62New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker ↗KEA