NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 18, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 18, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 37

  1. 1"We're the best!," e.g. ↗BOAST
  2. 6Lengthy pitch ↗SPIEL
  3. 11Web access co. ↗ISP
  4. 14Mushroom in ramen ↗ENOKI
  5. 15Trunks ↗TORSI
  6. 16Platoon sgt., e.g. ↗NCO
  7. 17Feats performed on knights' quests ↗DARINGRESQQ
  8. 19"Platoon" setting, for short ↗NAM
  9. 20___ tight ↗SIT
  10. 21Dig in ↗EAT
  11. 22Appropriate inappropriately ↗USURP
  12. 24Go off on ↗RAILAT
  13. 27Bear with a message ↗SMOKEY
  14. 29"Colorful" Atlantic Coast Conference team ↗SYRAQQORANGE
  15. 32Helpful ↗OFUSE
  16. 35Some radar blips ↗UFOS
  17. 36Reveal private data of, in modern lingo ↗DOX
  18. 37Mama's mama ↗NANA
  19. 38Jake's love in "The Sun Also Rises" ↗BRETT
  20. 40Bit of aerial arts equipment ↗HOOP
  21. 41Word with ball or card ↗CUE
  22. 42Lake ___, body formerly known as Lac du Chat ↗ERIE
  23. 43Botch ↗MISDO
  24. 44Follow-up to an oath ↗EXQQMYFRENCH
  25. 48Fluid for a lighter ↗BUTANE
  26. 49Crosses off ↗XESOUT
  27. 52Get schooled ↗LEARN
  28. 53Volleyball team count ↗SIX
  29. 54OK signal ↗NOD
  30. 56Off-line, online ↗IRL
  31. 57Point at the wrong person ↗UNJUSTLYAQQ
  32. 62The time of one's life? ↗AGE
  33. 63He said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it" ↗EBERT
  34. 64Smooth transition ↗SEGUE
  35. 65Visibly embarrassed ↗RED
  36. 66Alley components ↗LANES
  37. 67Preserved, in a way ↗DRIED

Down 41

  1. 1Some queens ↗BEDS
  2. 2Live ↗ONAIR
  3. 3It comes from the heart ↗AORTA
  4. 4Glide down a piste ↗SKI
  5. 5___ soldier ↗TIN
  6. 6Levels ↗STRATA
  7. 7One versed in verse ↗POET
  8. 8Agcy. that takes many forms ↗IRS
  9. 9Title for a J.D. ↗ESQ
  10. 10Spirits ↗LIQUORS
  11. 11"That's what she said" and others ↗INNUENDOS
  12. 12Beyond impressive, informally ↗SCARYGOOD
  13. 13Ceremony ↗POMP
  14. 18One of several in a watch ↗GEAR
  15. 23Caribbean music genre ↗SKA
  16. 25Rae of "Insecure" ↗ISSA
  17. 26NaOH ↗LYE
  18. 27About 35,000 for the Taj Mahal: Abbr. ↗SQFT
  19. 28No longer relevant ↗MOOT
  20. 30___ Nation (activist organization since 1990) ↗QUEER
  21. 31Fair ↗EXPO
  22. 32T.H. White's "The ___ and Future King" ↗ONCE
  23. 33Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g. ↗FAUXBERGE
  24. 34In a class by oneself ↗UNEQUALED
  25. 38___ Mawr ↗BRYN
  26. 39Teeming (with) ↗RIFE
  27. 40Greeting from Kermit ↗HIHO
  28. 42Name that sounds like a computer guidebook ↗EMANUEL
  29. 43Hosts, for short ↗MCS
  30. 45N.F.L. div. ↗QTR
  31. 46Lives ↗EXISTS
  32. 47Coming right up ↗NEXT
  33. 50Eel, at a sushi bar ↗UNAGI
  34. 51"Ratatouille" topper ↗TOQUE
  35. 52Fabrication expert ↗LIAR
  36. 53"I guess so" ↗SURE
  37. 55Barred from competing, for short ↗DQED
  38. 58Trail Blazers' grp. ↗NBA
  39. 59"Severance" actress Tullock ↗JEN
  40. 60Microdosing drug ↗LSD
  41. 61"Quit ___ yappin'!" ↗YER