NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 20, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 20, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 32

  1. 1Sampras rival during the 1990s ↗AGASSI
  2. 7Get on board ↗EMBARK
  3. 13Let off steam, perhaps ↗VENTED
  4. 14Perry Como or Bing Crosby ↗CROONER
  5. 15Frustrated and making poor decisions, informally ↗ONTILT
  6. 16#1 on Wired magazine's list of the 10 most influential video games of the 2010s ↗FORTNITE
  7. 17"Aren't we all hoity-toity?!" ↗WELLLADIDAH
  8. 19Generate clippings, say ↗MOW
  9. 20First name in hog riding ↗EVEL
  10. 21Established fact ↗GIVEN
  11. 22Let go of ↗FIRE
  12. 23Body layer ↗DERMA
  13. 25Events at which to release one's inner geek ↗NERDFESTS
  14. 27Makers of frightening but (thankfully) rare marine attacks ↗ORCAS
  15. 29Source of half the world's sugar during the late 1800s ↗BEETS
  16. 30Higher power? ↗SOLAR
  17. 31They're stoked ↗COALS
  18. 32Word with blue or open ↗SKIES
  19. 33Speak, as thou might ↗SAYST
  20. 34Kind of beard that follows the jawline ↗CHINSTRAP
  21. 36Dunderheaded ↗THICK
  22. 40"You ___?" ↗RANG
  23. 41Punted ↗POLED
  24. 43Foe of the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars ↗ERIE
  25. 44Org. that's gone to the dogs? ↗AKC
  26. 45[womp, womp] ↗SADTROMBONE
  27. 47Major magazine pieces ↗FEATURES
  28. 49Delicatessen offering ↗REUBEN
  29. 50Loser of the 2025 World Series ↗TORONTO
  30. 51Where to follow local customs, it's said ↗INROME
  31. 52Underhanded ↗SNEAKY
  32. 53Beach shade ↗SUNTAN

Down 32

  1. 1Sworn ↗AVOWED
  2. 2City, lake or canton de Suisse ↗GENEVE
  3. 3Tip on quite a few bucks? ↗ANTLER
  4. 4Extremely rare, facetiously ↗STILLMOOING
  5. 5Act bearishly ↗SELL
  6. 6What might come with some baggage? ↗IDTAG
  7. 7Dogsbody ↗ERRANDBOY
  8. 8Io or luna ↗MOTH
  9. 9When repeated, a small treat ↗BON
  10. 10Shamans, typically ↗ANIMISTS
  11. 11Claps back ↗RETORTS
  12. 12Mardi Gras parading societies ↗KREWES
  13. 14Tech job ↗CODER
  14. 16Bills first introduced in 1861 ↗FIVES
  15. 18Currency of Serbia ↗DINAR
  16. 22Exercise almost to a point of pain ↗FEELTHEBURN
  17. 24Van Gogh retreat in southern France ↗ARLES
  18. 26Significant spread ↗FEAST
  19. 28Post-show celebration ↗CASTPARTY
  20. 30Some spa treatments ↗SKINCARE
  21. 31Escapade ↗CAPER
  22. 32Agree to, in a way ↗SHAKEON
  23. 33Bath ___ ↗SALTS
  24. 34Fashions ↗CRAFTS
  25. 35Clown locale ↗RODEO
  26. 37Futuristic sci-fi classic with tales set in 2021 and 2029 ↗IROBOT
  27. 38Field of the annual César Awards ↗CINEMA
  28. 39One of the Wayans brothers ↗KEENEN
  29. 42Day at the movies ↗DORIS
  30. 45Like some costs ↗SUNK
  31. 46Many a drop-down ↗MENU
  32. 48___ T ↗TOA