NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 25, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 25, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Sam EzerskyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Response to discovering the theme of a crossword ↗AHA
  2. 4Dashing through the ___ ... ↗SNOW
  3. 8Foam on a seashore ↗SURF
  4. 12One who runs, informally ↗POL
  5. 13Possible base for a Caesar salad ↗KALE
  6. 14Of help ↗UTILE
  7. 16Dawdle ↗LOLLYGAG
  8. 18Some anxious behavior on one's feet ↗PACING
  9. 20Stew (over) ↗OBSESS
  10. 21In a ___ open sleigh ... ↗ONEHORSE
  11. 23Where Bart Simpson directs his prank calls ↗MOES
  12. 24Buffet stand vessel ↗URN
  13. 25Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr. ↗TUE
  14. 26One way to take a bull ↗BYTHEHORNS
  15. 31Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders ↗DIRK
  16. 32Michael of "Barbie" ↗CERA
  17. 33Hits from the side, informally ↗TBONES
  18. 35First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film career ↗RICHARDHARRIS
  19. 39Stretch ↗PERIOD
  20. 40Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters ↗IOTA
  21. 41Right-eous path? ↗EAST
  22. 42Footwear for a bride, perhaps ↗WHITEHEELS
  23. 48JFK or EWR alternative ↗LGA
  24. 49Cable lead-in to TV ↗TRU
  25. 50Jump in skates ↗AXEL
  26. 51What's seen "all the way" through this puzzle? ↗LAUGHING
  27. 54Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight Olympics ↗LOCHTE
  28. 56"All that being said ..." ↗ANDYET
  29. 57Ado ↗BROUHAHA
  30. 59"Yes ___!" ↗SIREE
  31. 60Something typed in this field: YYYY ↗YEAR
  32. 61Fashion designer Lange ↗LIZ
  33. 62Many a vacation package ↗TOUR
  34. 63Transcript ruiners ↗EFFS
  35. 64___ pop (hybrid music genre) ↗EMO

Down 37

  1. 1Chillness ↗APLOMB
  2. 2"Oh me, oh my!" ↗HOOBOY
  3. 3Ready to go ↗ALLSET
  4. 4"___ the Limit" (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.) ↗SKYS
  5. 5Horses studied by touts ↗NAGS
  6. 6Portuguese greeting ↗OLA
  7. 7O'er the fields ___ ... ↗WEGO
  8. 8Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984" ↗SUPERSTATE
  9. 9Like many Mormons ↗UTAHN
  10. 10The "R" of P.R. ↗RICO
  11. 11Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on "Sex and the City" ↗FLIRTINI
  12. 15Sews up ↗ENSURES
  13. 17Phil of the Grateful Dead ↗LESH
  14. 19Uber-enthusiasts ↗GEEKS
  15. 22Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?" ↗NUN
  16. 27Zoom call issue ↗ECHO
  17. 28"S.N.L." V.I.P. ↗HEADWRITER
  18. 29Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22" ↗ORR
  19. 30Sides of pie slices, essentially ↗RADII
  20. 31Ballon ___ (soccer star's award) ↗DOR
  21. 34Slangy "dude" ↗BRAH
  22. 35White House family of the 1980s ↗REAGANS
  23. 36Tax dodger's fear ↗IRSAUDIT
  24. 37Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.) ↗CIT
  25. 38Very in ↗HOT
  26. 39Big name in windows and doors ↗PELLA
  27. 43Raider in times past ↗HUN
  28. 44A person ↗EACH
  29. 45Go "Phew!," say ↗EXHALE
  30. 46"He has my permission" ↗LETHIM
  31. 47Total slimeball ↗SLEAZO
  32. 49Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flag ↗THEEU
  33. 52Halal cart offering ↗GYRO
  34. 53Elided farewell ↗GBYE
  35. 54Do pretty much nothing ↗LOAF
  36. 55Between you and me ↗OURS
  37. 58At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!" ↗REF