NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 19, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 19, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 35

  1. 1Fashion designer Schiaparelli ↗ELSA
  2. 5Boomer playing in a band ↗BASSDRUM
  3. 13Things that may be connected ↗DOTS
  4. 142023 musical with a Tony for Best Choreography ↗ILLINOISE
  5. 15Some arthritis ↗GOUT
  6. 16Climbed without ropes ↗FREESOLOED
  7. 17Fire in one's belly ↗AMBITION
  8. 19Old money, for short? ↗IRA
  9. 20Jewish honorific ↗REB
  10. 21They work around the clock ↗HANDS
  11. 23Big Apple athlete ↗KNICK
  12. 27Home ___ ↗DEPOT
  13. 29Summer Olympics event ↗EPEE
  14. 31Gram alternative ↗NAN
  15. 32Trusted one, typically ↗ELDER
  16. 33Mr. Right, e.g. ↗IDEALMATE
  17. 35Silver of the Silver Bulletin ↗NATE
  18. 36Deduce ↗INFER
  19. 37L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights activist Windsor ↗EDIE
  20. 38Suddenly kicks the bucket ↗DROPSDEAD
  21. 40Go viral ↗TREND
  22. 41"Opportunity," per Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ↗AGE
  23. 42Introductory dissection subject ↗WORM
  24. 43Plane on a diamond ↗FACET
  25. 44___ Hadley, "Clever Girl" novelist ↗TESSA
  26. 46Certain put-back shot ↗TIPIN
  27. 48Golden ratio symbol ↗PHI
  28. 50Rx dosages ↗MGS
  29. 52Extend ↗LENGTHEN
  30. 54Their talent may not be as important as their last names ↗NEPOBABIES
  31. 58Awed reactions ↗OOHS
  32. 59One who enjoys the high C's? ↗OPERAGOER
  33. 60Slow ___ (response from the unamused) ↗CLAP
  34. 61Disparities studied by economists ↗WAGEGAPS
  35. 62High-fat diet, informally ↗KETO

Down 37

  1. 1Annual mystery award ↗EDGAR
  2. 2Had an outsize presence ↗LOOMEDLARGE
  3. 3They may recently have been in a jam ↗STUBBEDTOES
  4. 4Prosecco relative ↗ASTI
  5. 5Results of some remarriages ↗BLENDEDFAMILIES
  6. 6Yard sale? ↗ALE
  7. 7Afirmativa enfática ↗SISI
  8. 8Swim with the fishes? ↗SNORKEL
  9. 9Larry ___, longtime owner of the Cleveland Guardians ↗DOLAN
  10. 10Grande opening? ↗RIO
  11. 11Fair ___ (concept in copyright law) ↗USE
  12. 12Kind of school ↗MED
  13. 14Wrinkle remover ↗IRON
  14. 16Diktat ↗FIAT
  15. 18Repeated role for Chris Hemsworth ↗THOR
  16. 22Word with dating or skating ↗SPEED
  17. 24Bad place to be while gambling ↗INADEEPHOLE
  18. 25Fictional companion of Thing One and Thing Two ↗CATINTHEHAT
  19. 26Hit below the belt, in a way ↗KNEED
  20. 28Easter basket treat ↗PEEP
  21. 30Pitch catcher? ↗EAR
  22. 32Wrap up by ↗ENDAT
  23. 33Like He and Xe ↗INERT
  24. 34Windy City exchange, in brief ↗MERC
  25. 36Altar-ed statement? ↗IDO
  26. 39Expo take-home ↗SWAGBAG
  27. 40Zesty flavor ↗TANG
  28. 43Parts of submarines also known as fairwaters ↗FINS
  29. 45D.I.Y. dessert item ↗SMORE
  30. 47Pressure source ↗PEER
  31. 49Source of motivation, informally ↗INSPO
  32. 51It's a long story ↗SAGA
  33. 53Half time? ↗TOCK
  34. 54When you're reading this ↗NOW
  35. 55Grp. with geologists and biologists ↗EPA
  36. 56Piece in the game Battleship ↗PEG
  37. 57Genre for Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie ↗BOP