NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 26, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 26, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Andrew SpoonerEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Dawdler ↗SLOWPOKE
  2. 9Cuts short ↗ABORTS
  3. 15Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon ↗MONEYBAG
  4. 16Kitsch ↗LOWART
  5. 17Doing some theater work ↗USHERING
  6. 18Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh ↗BULGUR
  7. 19One whose beauty is on the inside ↗GEODE
  8. 20Whole kit and caboodle ↗GAMUT
  9. 22___-Latin (like some modern coinages) ↗NEO
  10. 23Plant that's toxic to cats ↗LILY
  11. 24Some babysitters ↗NANAS
  12. 25A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated) ↗CALL
  13. 26Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub ↗YTD
  14. 27Tuesday, in French ↗MARDI
  15. 28Song commonly performed outdoors ↗CAROL
  16. 29Food that can be prepared de canasta ↗TACOS
  17. 30___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season) ↗SHROVE
  18. 31One toeing the line? ↗TIGHTROPEWALKER
  19. 35Individually ↗APIECE
  20. 36Editorialize ↗OPINE
  21. 37Overly self-assertive ↗BRASH
  22. 38Like a good sponge cake ↗MOIST
  23. 39Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct" ↗MOA
  24. 42Singular, with or without its first letter ↗LONE
  25. 43Origin story family in DC Comics ↗KENTS
  26. 44Facility ↗GIFT
  27. 45Certain care provider, for short ↗EMT
  28. 46Re-fresh? ↗RETRO
  29. 47It might be marked with an X ↗PORNO
  30. 48Linked (with) ↗TIEDIN
  31. 50Drive ↗AMBITION
  32. 52Harden and become resistant to change ↗OSSIFY
  33. 53Life partner, perhaps? ↗CELLMATE
  34. 54Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco ↗PESETA
  35. 55Treated with respect ↗ESTEEMED

Down 35

  1. 1How a supervillain might brag ↗SMUGLY
  2. 2Flip ↗LOSEIT
  3. 3Waiting for support, maybe ↗ONHOLD
  4. 4Like untended plots ↗WEEDY
  5. 5Funeral ___ ↗PYRE
  6. 6Broad band? ↗OBI
  7. 7Royal Australian Air Force insignia ↗KANGAROO
  8. 8Competition that combines speed with balance ↗EGGANDSPOONRACE
  9. 9Professor Dumbledore ↗ALBUS
  10. 10Contest ↗BOUT
  11. 11Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___ ↗OWL
  12. 12The world's end, in Norse mythology ↗RAGNAROK
  13. 13Mr. or Ms. Right ↗TRUELOVE
  14. 14Baby sitter? ↗STROLLER
  15. 21Half of a classic rum cocktail's name ↗MAI
  16. 24Component of a nautilus shell ↗NACRE
  17. 25Eric who wrote and illustrated "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me" ↗CARLE
  18. 27Stick by a fireplace ↗MATCH
  19. 28Mantra ↗CHANT
  20. 29Nearby things ↗THESE
  21. 30Like the pope's guards ↗SWISS
  22. 31Area on which to eat or play cards ↗TABLETOP
  23. 32"You can absolutely count on me" ↗IPROMISE
  24. 33Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g. ↗GIANTESS
  25. 34Great illustrations ↗EPITOMES
  26. 38Connected ↗MET
  27. 39Sister of Moses ↗MIRIAM
  28. 40Worth considering ↗OFNOTE
  29. 41Made up ↗ATONED
  30. 43Nation dubbed the "cradle of mankind" ↗KENYA
  31. 44"Understood?" ↗GOTME
  32. 46Big break ↗RIFT
  33. 47Stack (up) ↗PILE
  34. 49Casting need ↗DIE
  35. 51Short diner order ↗BLT