NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jonathan BaudeEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 40

  1. 1Posts on a battleship, say ↗MASTS
  2. 6Comic Idle of Monty Python ↗ERIC
  3. 10Sport with striking and grappling, for short ↗MMA
  4. 13"Grrr!" ↗IMMAD
  5. 14Pro ___ (fairly divided) ↗RATA
  6. 15Ray of light ↗BEAM
  7. 16Cozy corners ↗NOOKS
  8. 17Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.) ↗DIEM
  9. 18Breakfast brand originally known as Froffles ↗EGGO
  10. 19One of 14 in New York's Liberty Island ↗ACRE
  11. 20"Please help!" ↗SOS
  12. 21Decadent dessert ↗ECLAIR
  13. 23Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actor ↗JOEPESCI
  14. 25British "facilities" ↗LAV
  15. 26Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name ↗ONE
  16. 27The Hawks and the Pelicans, for two ↗NBATEAMS
  17. 32Longtime home of Stephen Colbert ↗CBSTV
  18. 35A million years, so to speak ↗AGES
  19. 36Go on for-ev-er ↗DRAG
  20. 37Many a TikToker's music rendition ↗LIPSYNC
  21. 39Deep down ↗ATHEART
  22. 41"That being said …," to a texter ↗OTOH
  23. 42Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming ↗ONCD
  24. 44"We have the meats" sloganeer ↗ARBYS
  25. 45Herbal remedy in a cleanse ↗DETOXTEA
  26. 47Blue Moon, for one ↗ALE
  27. 48"If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet ↗TIS
  28. 49Family-friendly film fare ↗PGMOVIES
  29. 54The "O" of A.O.C. ↗OCASIO
  30. 57Little devil ↗IMP
  31. 58Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch ↗OSLO
  32. 59Fizzy drink ↗COLA
  33. 60Weak, submissive person, in modern slang ↗BETA
  34. 62Wing it onstage ↗ADLIB
  35. 63Blast ↗HOOT
  36. 64"Superfruit" whose name has two diacritics ↗ACAI
  37. 65Carhop's article of footwear ↗SKATE
  38. 66Go (for) ↗OPT
  39. 67Sweet person ↗DOLL
  40. 68Not nearly as cool ↗LAMER

Down 38

  1. 1Nicki ___, "Starships" rapper ↗MINAJ
  2. 2Gas brand owned by BP ↗AMOCO
  3. 3Dessert item usually eaten moments after it's made ↗SMORE
  4. 4Criticize unfairly ↗TAKEPOTSHOTSAT
  5. 51960s antiwar grp. ↗SDS
  6. 6Hospital staffer, for short ↗ERDOC
  7. 7With 43-Down, seeking funding from investors … or what you're doing in 4-, 9-, 15- and 38-Down? ↗RAISING
  8. 8Suffix with Manhattan or Brooklyn ↗ITE
  9. 9Brought up the rear ↗CAMELAST
  10. 10Prefix that's bigger than kilo- ↗MEGA
  11. 11Bible figures invoked by O. Henry ↗MAGI
  12. 12Love of Spanish? ↗AMOR
  13. 15Grey Goose competitor ↗BELVEDEREVODKA
  14. 20Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir. ↗SSE
  15. 22Hairball hacker ↗CAT
  16. 24Subject of the Tenth Commandment ↗ENVY
  17. 28Bit in a friendship bracelet ↗BEAD
  18. 29Many a Mideast native ↗ARAB
  19. 301970s sitcom title character who "can turn the world on with her smile" ↗MARY
  20. 31Superiors to cpls. ↗SGTS
  21. 32Oaf ↗CLOD
  22. 33What spicy food has ↗BITE
  23. 34Lay eyes on ↗SPOT
  24. 35Clearasil target ↗ACNE
  25. 38"Huh, better than I expected" ↗NOTSOBAD
  26. 40Ring of light ↗HALO
  27. 43See 7-Down ↗CAPITAL
  28. 46Top of the hour? ↗XII
  29. 47Electric guitarist's accessory ↗AMP
  30. 50Communication system for almost two billion people ↗GMAIL
  31. 51Belief system for almost two billion people ↗ISLAM
  32. 52Top-tier ↗ELITE
  33. 53Not drunk ↗SOBER
  34. 54Dos cubed ↗OCHO
  35. 55Business that's owned and managed by its members ↗COOP
  36. 56Frequently ↗ALOT
  37. 61Prefix with conscious ↗ECO
  38. 62Communication syst. in which the letter Z is drawn with one's index finger ↗ASL