NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2025
NYT Crossword Answers Dec 23, 2025
Complete answer list for the December 23, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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2C
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5A
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66N
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Across 36
- 1Longtime CBS procedural with multiple spinoffs ↗NCIS
- 5Highly capable ↗ADEPT
- 10Ctrl+S command ↗SAVE
- 14Alternative to check or credit card ↗CASH
- 15Secondary subject for a college student ↗MINOR
- 16Short video ↗CLIP
- 17Appropriately named bus driver on "The Simpsons" ↗OTTO
- 18Alternative to épée or foil, in British English ↗SABRE
- 19Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature ↗OLGA
- 20Classic Hanukkah treat ↗CHOCOLATECOIN
- 23Brownish-yellow fabric ↗KHAKI
- 24Institution of higher education, to a Brit ↗UNI
- 25Sleeper's breathing problem ↗APNEA
- 27Lead-in to "drink and be merry" ↗EAT
- 28Classic classroom party treat ↗CUPCAKE
- 31Antitrust enforcement org. ↗FTC
- 32Unfortunate accident ↗MISHAP
- 34Clever ↗ASTUTE
- 36Highly pleased about ↗PROUDOF
- 38Colored, as church glass ↗STAINED
- 39Classic Halloween treat ↗CANDYCORN
- 41It's part of the job ↗TASK
- 44Prefix with classic ↗NEO
- 45Carve ↗ETCH
- 49Take advantage of ↗USE
- 50"Where'd you hear that?" ↗SAYSWHO
- 54Dream Team country, for short ↗USA
- 55Take responsibility ↗STEPUP
- 57Cry from a movie director ↗ANDCUT
- 59Classic Yuletide treat ↗CHRISTMASCOOKIE
- 63Prayer ender ↗AMEN
- 64This should clear things up! ↗LASIK
- 65Reject, as a bill ↗VETO
- 66Nothing, in Nogales ↗NADA
- 67Cries out ↗YELPS
- 68Biblical garden ↗EDEN
Down 39
- 1Sgt. or cpl. ↗NCO
- 2Go off a ski jump, say ↗CATCHAIR
- 3"Oh, really?" ↗ISTHATSO
- 4Tried to identify, in a way, as a wrapped gift ↗SHOOK
- 5Playground retort ↗AMSO
- 61990s internet option ↗DIALUP
- 7With all judges present ↗ENBANC
- 8___ de Rossi, "Arrested Development" actress ↗PORTIA
- 9Aspen or pine ↗TREE
- 10Reporter's big get ↗SCOOP
- 11Just for grins ↗ALLINFUN
- 12Short version of an impactful story ↗VIGNETTE
- 13Org. regulating water safety ↗EPA
- 21Insect that emerges en masse every 13 or 17 years ↗CICADA
- 22Kind of salad whose dressing contains anchovies ↗CAESAR
- 23Former N.B.A. star Shawn with the nickname "Reign Man" ↗KEMP
- 26Nailed, as a test ↗ACED
- 29"Once ___ a time …" ↗UPON
- 30Character played by Bruce Lee on "The Green Hornet" ↗KATO
- 33___ Finn ↗HUCK
- 35One of three on the pitchfork in "American Gothic" ↗TINE
- 37Big Apple org. that's going to blazes? ↗FDNY
- 38Flat-bottomed boat ↗SCOW
- 40"That's correct!" ↗YES
- 41Resident of Pisa or Lucca ↗TUSCAN
- 42Condition that may require an inhaler ↗ASTHMA
- 43Get more than a little mad ↗SEERED
- 46Like many a dress shirt, with "in" ↗TUCKED
- 47Top execs, colloquially … or what 20-, 28-, 39- and 59-Across are, phonetically? ↗CSUITE
- 48Make negative remarks about ↗HATEON
- 50Not on the up and up, slangily ↗SUS
- 51In a fitting way ↗APTLY
- 52Breaks (into), as a computer system ↗HACKS
- 53Middle name for Lennon starting in 1969 ↗ONO
- 56"Escape (The ___ Colada Song)" ↗PINA
- 58Sign of peace ↗DOVE
- 60Sallie or Fannie follower ↗MAE
- 61Hand-y communication method, for short? ↗ASL
- 62Drink slowly ↗SIP