NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

The Grid

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Across 36

  1. 1___ Nicholas SAINT
  2. 6Judge's seat, from the French BANC
  3. 10N.Y.C. airport JFK
  4. 13"Star Wars" droid, familiarly ARTOO
  5. 14Side's length squared, for a square AREA
  6. 15Thrilla in Manila boxer ALI
  7. 16Recharge one's batteries RESTUP
  8. 18Prepared to bathe DISROBED
  9. 20Cool ___ cucumber ASA
  10. 21"Balderdash!" LIES
  11. 23Filled in (for), for short SUBBED
  12. 24Schmoozed (with) HOBNOBBED
  13. 27Good, long bath SOAK
  14. 28Slight injury from tripping STUBBEDTOE
  15. 30Bridge support TRUSS
  16. 32Karl Marx's "___ Kapital" DAS
  17. 33Do one better than TOP
  18. 36President Hoover HERBERT
  19. 39"You take credit cards?" response YESWEDO
  20. 42Unconventional ODD
  21. 43Alternative to the pill, in brief IUD
  22. 45Dog-___ (like the pages in some books) EARED
  23. 46Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for DUBBEDFILM
  24. 50Location for a goatee or soul patch CHIN
  25. 52Enchanted BEDAZZLED
  26. 55Big-beaked tropical bird TOUCAN
  27. 57One-named Brazilian soccer star PELE
  28. 58"If you ask me …," to texters IMO
  29. 59Camp sleeping spots … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters BUNKBEDS
  30. 61Sci-fi writer Isaac ASIMOV
  31. 63Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.? APT
  32. 64Tales of yore LORE
  33. 65Join in marriage UNITE
  34. 66Lo-___ graphics RES
  35. 67One-named Grammy winner from Ireland ENYA
  36. 68___ Cottontail PETER

Down 40

  1. 1Wife of Abraham, in the Bible SARAH
  2. 2"You ___ right!" ARESO
  3. 3"Ridiculous!" ITSABSURD
  4. 4"I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World" NOT
  5. 5Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec TOULOUSE
  6. 6One who's rotten from the start BADSEED
  7. 7Singer Grande, to fans ARI
  8. 8Loch ___ monster NESS
  9. 9Opera great Enrico CARUSO
  10. 10Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss JABBA
  11. 11On ___ (looking great, in slang) FLEEK
  12. 12Colonial-era pirate captain KIDD
  13. 17Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor) PIBB
  14. 19Orchestral woodwind OBOE
  15. 22Be on the wane EBB
  16. 25Crash-investigating org. NTSB
  17. 26Turning point in W.W. II DDAY
  18. 29When doubled, an African fly TSE
  19. 30But, briefly THO
  20. 31Like a ripe strawberry RED
  21. 33Re-election restriction TERMLIMIT
  22. 34Many a Wordsworth poem ODE
  23. 35Pea holder POD
  24. 37Part of a barbecue rack RIB
  25. 38Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame TUBB
  26. 40Suddenly stops working, as an engine SEIZESUP
  27. 41Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate WALZ
  28. 44Beyond the continental shelf, say DEEPSEA
  29. 46Comic actor Van Dyke DICK
  30. 47Lacking the capacity UNABLE
  31. 48Prez before 10-Across DDE
  32. 49"Deck the Halls" syllables FALA
  33. 50Two-door auto COUPE
  34. 51Outings for foxhounds HUNTS
  35. 53Show feelings onstage EMOTE
  36. 54Capital of Delaware DOVER
  37. 55Lift on the slopes TBAR
  38. 56Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip NEON
  39. 60Funny in a subtle way DRY
  40. 62Suffix with Benedict or elephant INE