NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 27, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 27, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Katie HoodyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1570 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Org. that organizes rec leagues ↗YMCA
  2. 5___ Seton, author of "Foxfire" and "Katherine" ↗ANYA
  3. 9Interloper whom no one seems to know, informally ↗RANDO
  4. 14Audio sensors ↗EARS
  5. 15Ring on a coaster? ↗LOOPDELOOP
  6. 17It offers a narrow point of view ↗SLIT
  7. 18"At this point, that's no surprise" ↗IMUSEDTOIT
  8. 19Price-ending digits, often ↗NINES
  9. 21Gets into a tight spot ↗SHOEHORNS
  10. 22City west of Knoxville ↗OAKRIDGE
  11. 24Knights of ___, ancient cult in the "Star Wars" universe ↗REN
  12. 25Group that protects the QB ↗OLINE
  13. 26Cruising, say ↗ASEA
  14. 28Bussing on the street, e.g., in brief ↗PDA
  15. 31Halves of Hamiltons ↗ABES
  16. 32Superman's mother ↗LARA
  17. 34Some stream settings ↗DALES
  18. 36Zip ↗JACKDIDDLYSQUAT
  19. 39Divert ↗AMUSE
  20. 40"I ___ bored!" ↗AMSO
  21. 41Word that may precede itself? ↗UNTO
  22. 42Bad singer? ↗RAT
  23. 43Many a popular TikTok ↗MEME
  24. 45Fantasy author Bardugo ↗LEIGH
  25. 47Amazon wrapper ↗BOA
  26. 48Thermostat display, informally ↗ROOMTEMP
  27. 51Gets dragged along on a beach trip? ↗WATERSKIS
  28. 55What many wine corks do ↗TAPER
  29. 56March Madness group ↗ELITEEIGHT
  30. 58Trace ↗IOTA
  31. 59Put on a finishing touch ↗DOTTEDTHEI
  32. 60Man's name that describes a radio that's lost half its frequencies? ↗NOAM
  33. 61Pitch one might try to perfect ↗SPIEL
  34. 62List abbr. ↗ETAL
  35. 63Certain wings ↗ELLS

Down 35

  1. 1Unambiguous question type ↗YESNO
  2. 2One of Time magazine's "Most Influential Teens" during the 2010s ↗MALIAOBAMA
  3. 3Style of French fries ↗CRINKLECUT
  4. 4They may go in for cursing ↗ASTERISKS
  5. 5Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II" ↗ALI
  6. 6Phrase on some seasoning labels ↗NOMSG
  7. 7"That's what I said!" ↗YOUHEARDMERIGHT
  8. 8Lhasa ___ ↗APSO
  9. 9Wilma Flintstone and Jane Jetson, for two ↗REDHEADS
  10. 10___ Brown, host on the Food Network ↗ALTON
  11. 112021 science fiction novel by Nnedi Okorafor ↗NOOR
  12. 12"Whatcha ___?" ↗DOIN
  13. 13Makes a choice ↗OPTS
  14. 16John with some ground-breaking inventions ↗DEERE
  15. 20Cardinal ___ ↗SIN
  16. 23Spot for a sub ↗DELI
  17. 27"Do the Right Thing" pizzeria ↗SALS
  18. 28Cold bathhouse amenity ↗PLUNGEPOOL
  19. 29Extreme music subgenre with heavily distorted guitars ↗DEATHMETAL
  20. 30Concerning ↗ASTO
  21. 31"The soul should always stand ___": Emily Dickinson ↗AJAR
  22. 33Leading man? ↗ADAM
  23. 35Historical region of southwestern France ↗AQUITAINE
  24. 37Best performances by an actor in a short film? ↗DEMOREEL
  25. 38"No day but today!" ↗YOLO
  26. 44Let up ↗EASED
  27. 46First responder, for short ↗EMT
  28. 47Hollywood icon Davis ↗BETTE
  29. 49Actor ___ Jackson Jr. ↗OSHEA
  30. 50British baby buggies ↗PRAMS
  31. 51Officially joins ↗WEDS
  32. 52Off-kilter ↗ALOP
  33. 53South American monkey with a reduplicative name ↗TITI
  34. 54Wind-up toy? ↗KITE
  35. 57What may appear after dusk and before dawn ↗TIL