NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 14, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 14, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 68

  1. 1Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns ↗STORM
  2. 6Something fun to take out for a spin ↗TOP
  3. 9Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short ↗LSU
  4. 12Parts of a hand ↗CARDS
  5. 17Irritate ↗CHAFE
  6. 18Recaps ↗WRAPUPS
  7. 20Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail ↗REVERE
  8. 21False alarm announcement? ↗OOHIMSOSCARED
  9. 23Jedi-in-training ↗PADAWAN
  10. 24Sensible ↗PRUDENT
  11. 25TV host Brzezinski ↗MIKA
  12. 26#1 choice, in slang ↗FAVE
  13. 27"No ___, ands or buts!" ↗IFS
  14. 28Pollution-fighting org. ↗EPA
  15. 29"Game of Thrones" actor Gillen ↗AIDAN
  16. 31River that borders the Black Forest ↗RHINE
  17. 33"Render ___ Caesar …" ↗UNTO
  18. 34Major coin producer ↗DENVERMINT
  19. 37Viking I or II ↗MARSLANDER
  20. 39Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space ↗ELLEN
  21. 40Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance" ↗PETEY
  22. 41They turn red litmus paper blue ↗BASES
  23. 42First chimpanzee to orbit Earth ↗ENOS
  24. 43Football blocker? ↗GOALNET
  25. 46Hair-raising stuff ↗GEL
  26. 47Remodel and resell some real estate ↗FLIPAHOUSE
  27. 49Marching band tempo setters ↗DRUMLINES
  28. 54Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" ↗ALI
  29. 55Season to enjoy une glace ↗ETE
  30. 56Ruler before 1917 ↗TSAR
  31. 58"Black-ish" airer ↗ABC
  32. 59It's a numbers game ↗KENO
  33. 60Clothing for SWAT teams ↗VESTS
  34. 62"The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles ↗LISA
  35. 64Puff piece? ↗VAPE
  36. 66Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys ↗FEWER
  37. 67Plant watcher, for short ↗OSHA
  38. 68Camera type, in brief ↗SLR
  39. 69Site of some Santa sightings ↗MALL
  40. 71Longtime record label of Elvis Presley ↗RCA
  41. 73911 responder ↗EMT
  42. 74"Hilarious!" ↗WHATAHOOT
  43. 77"I mean, kind of ..." ↗NOTEXACTLY
  44. 80"Don't give up!" ↗TRY
  45. 81¬ or ~, in logic ↗NEGATOR
  46. 83Beat poet ___ Cassady ↗NEAL
  47. 84Like some milk, idiomatically ↗SPILT
  48. 87___ on the past ↗DWELL
  49. 88Indication of bad service ↗NOTIP
  50. 90"Much obliged" ↗IOWEYOUONE
  51. 92Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it) ↗GAINEDADAY
  52. 97Bundled up ↗CLAD
  53. 98Articles are written in this ↗PROSE
  54. 99Brand name for naproxen ↗ALEVE
  55. 100___ Miss ↗OLE
  56. 101Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors ↗KEN
  57. 102Drink known also as "honey wine" ↗MEAD
  58. 103Frosty ↗COLD
  59. 105Subject of Newton's first law ↗INERTIA
  60. 108Enjoying a soak ↗BATHING
  61. 1101980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain? ↗ALTEREDSTATES
  62. 112Fundamental rules of math ↗AXIOMS
  63. 113Loopy writing ↗CURSIVE
  64. 114Star pitcher? ↗AGENT
  65. 115"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker ↗YENTE
  66. 116Letters for an unscheduled event ↗TBA
  67. 117Prefix with natal ↗NEO
  68. 118Like a bubble bath ↗SUDSY

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  1. 1Surveyed, with "out" ↗SCOPED
  2. 2Early track star Jim ↗THORPE
  3. 3Resident of Honolulu, e.g. ↗OAHUAN
  4. 4Touchless payment tech ↗RFID
  5. 5Internet ___ ↗MEME
  6. 6Cheat on, in a way ↗TWOTIME
  7. 7Surgery sites, in brief ↗ORS
  8. 8Video game character with an endless appetite ↗PACMAN
  9. 9Be in a chat room but not chat ↗LURK
  10. 10Soldiers with long arms ↗SPEARMEN
  11. 11Alternative to the euro, in brief ↗USD
  12. 12Relinquish ↗CEDE
  13. 13Director DuVernay ↗AVA
  14. 14Turns back the clock, maybe? ↗REWINDS
  15. 15Opposite of volunteer ↗DRAFTEE
  16. 16Parts of many robots in robot-sumo ↗SENSORS
  17. 19Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang ↗PAINT
  18. 20"Gaspard de la Nuit" composer ↗RAVEL
  19. 22Addresses angrily ↗SNARLSAT
  20. 23Variety of violet ↗PANSY
  21. 26Urban safety hazard ↗FIRETRAP
  22. 30Australia's largest carnivorous mammal ↗DINGO
  23. 32Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994) ↗HATED
  24. 33Dissimilar ↗UNALIKE
  25. 35Part of a legendary boast ↗VENI
  26. 36Skips all the ceremony? ↗ELOPES
  27. 38The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" ↗ABEL
  28. 40What might be made while clasping one's hands ↗PLEA
  29. 42Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years ↗ELISHA
  30. 44Ballpark figure ↗OUTS
  31. 45Kind of tea ↗ASSAM
  32. 46Sierra automaker ↗GMC
  33. 47Shylock's security ↗FLESH
  34. 48Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" ↗HELLO
  35. 50Non-premium option in a rideshare app ↗UBERX
  36. 51Gaming mogul Gabe ↗NEWELL
  37. 52Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond ↗ENEMY
  38. 53Put into piles, perhaps ↗SORT
  39. 54Swear ↗AVOW
  40. 57Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief ↗RVLOT
  41. 61Did some school reporting? ↗TATTLED
  42. 63Exceptionally hard timber ↗IRONWOOD
  43. 65Amy Winehouse, e.g. ↗ALTO
  44. 66Thumbprint alternative on iPhones ↗FACEID
  45. 68Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe ↗SHY
  46. 70Particularly particular ↗ANAL
  47. 72Cafeterias ↗CANTEENS
  48. 75Like many indie films ↗ARTY
  49. 76Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad" ↗TEENS
  50. 78He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie" ↗ERNIE
  51. 79Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo ↗TAPA
  52. 82Where high schoolers work on their numbers? ↗GLEECLUB
  53. 84Starship's medical facility ↗SICKBAY
  54. 85Ren faire prop akin to a halberd ↗POLEAXE
  55. 86"Sign me up!" ↗IWANTIN
  56. 87Hair-care item associated with Black culture ↗DURAG
  57. 89Like YouTube offerings ↗ONVIDEO
  58. 91Commences ↗OPENS
  59. 92Rough drafts? ↗GALES
  60. 93Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here" ↗ALDRIN
  61. 94Like lowercase i's and j's ↗DOTTED
  62. 95Sci-fi sequel of 1986 ↗ALIENS
  63. 96Like soft rolls ↗YEASTY
  64. 102Wordless entertainment ↗MIME
  65. 104Other, to Octavio ↗OTRA
  66. 106Brief announcements from a pilot ↗ETAS
  67. 107___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce) ↗RAGU
  68. 109Like hell! ↗HOT
  69. 110Play a part, or part of a play ↗ACT
  70. 111Part of N.Y.E. ↗EVE