NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 28, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 28, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 69

  1. 1Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer ↗PLATH
  2. 6S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s ↗SDCARD
  3. 12Baths in Bath ↗LAVS
  4. 16Comedian Notaro ↗TIG
  5. 19Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" ↗AISHA
  6. 20One sporting an article of apparel ↗WEARER
  7. 21Sign in a theater ↗EXIT
  8. 22Droll ↗WRY
  9. 23Rock of Ages ↗ROSETTASTONE
  10. 25How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ↗NEPOTISM
  11. 27Prop for a proposal ↗KNEE
  12. 28College credit hours ↗UNITS
  13. 29Far from fore ↗AFT
  14. 31Starting section ↗PARTA
  15. 32Fab Four drummer ↗STARR
  16. 34"I can handle that for you" ↗LETME
  17. 36Swallow something hook, line and sinker ↗EATITUP
  18. 38Subject of some modern maps ↗GENOME
  19. 41Boots out ↗EJECTS
  20. 43Ending with Butler or Bard ↗EDU
  21. 44A Class Act ↗FIELDTRIP
  22. 47A Strange Loop ↗MOBIUSSTRIP
  23. 50Played a part ↗ACTED
  24. 51Baldwin of "30 Rock" ↗ALEC
  25. 53Ran in the rain, perhaps ↗BLED
  26. 54Brig pair ↗MASTS
  27. 55New Mexico skiing locale ↗TAOS
  28. 56Full legislative assembly ↗PLENUM
  29. 58Personification of darkness, in Greek myth ↗EREBUS
  30. 60Shapiro of public radio ↗ARI
  31. 61Buds ↗PALS
  32. 62Chips go-with ↗SALSA
  33. 64Straight up ↗ERECT
  34. 67A Little Night Music ↗LULLABY
  35. 69Rent ↗SPLIT
  36. 70A Chorus Line ↗REFRAIN
  37. 72Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth ↗SEALS
  38. 73Personal histories ↗PASTS
  39. 74Automatons, informally ↗BOTS
  40. 75Cell letters ↗RNA
  41. 76"___ down the hatches!" ↗BATTEN
  42. 78Nursery rhyme couple ↗SPRATS
  43. 80Cribbage markers ↗PEGS
  44. 81Sine's reciprocal, in trig ↗COSEC
  45. 84Bit of power ↗WATT
  46. 86Japanese noodle ↗SOBA
  47. 87Wave to, say ↗GREET
  48. 88The Producers ↗PROLETARIAT
  49. 91Into the Woods ↗OUTDOORSY
  50. 93___ Lingus ↗AER
  51. 94Intertwine ↗ENLACE
  52. 95Halloween haul ↗TREATS
  53. 96In tears ↗SOBBING
  54. 99Eschew the high road, say ↗GOLOW
  55. 101___ Dame ↗NOTRE
  56. 104Repeatedly hit hard ↗POUND
  57. 105Dollop ↗GOB
  58. 106Pop group ↗COLAS
  59. 109Sitar great Shankar ↗RAVI
  60. 111The Wiz ↗EINSTEIN
  61. 113Mean Girls ↗AVERAGEJANES
  62. 116Chess pieces ↗MEN
  63. 117Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End" ↗ERMA
  64. 118File often installed with computer programs ↗README
  65. 119Do penance ↗ATONE
  66. 120Apply ↗USE
  67. 121Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be ↗LSAT
  68. 122Became aware of ↗SENSED
  69. 123"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker ↗YENTE

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  1. 1Playground area, often ↗PARK
  2. 2Fearsome felines ↗LIONS
  3. 3Plus ↗ASSET
  4. 4"One of These Nights" band ↗THEEAGLES
  5. 5Makeshift tip collector ↗HAT
  6. 6Epitome of graceful beauty ↗SWAN
  7. 7Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" ↗DESI
  8. 8Certain stock holder ↗CATTLEPEN
  9. 9Came about ↗AROSE
  10. 10Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" ↗REN
  11. 11Gig of a lifetime ↗DREAMJOB
  12. 12Advanced ↗LENT
  13. 13Guitar, slangily ↗AXE
  14. 14Front-of-the-line credential ↗VIPPASS
  15. 15Cousin of a mink ↗STOAT
  16. 16Cheep trills? ↗TWITTERS
  17. 17Dodger's comeuppance ↗IRSAUDIT
  18. 18Indoor recess locale ↗GYM
  19. 24Super-excited, in slang ↗TURNT
  20. 26One "T" of TNT ↗TRI
  21. 30Least hale ↗FEEBLEST
  22. 33Foxx of 1970s TV ↗REDD
  23. 35Judge pro ___ ↗TEM
  24. 36Piano pupil's practice piece ↗ETUDE
  25. 37Short boxers, e.g. ↗PUPS
  26. 39How some medicines are taken ↗ORALLY
  27. 40Apt name for a distance runner? ↗MILES
  28. 42Oldsmobile Cutlass model ↗CIERA
  29. 44Like 45-Down's flaw ↗FATAL
  30. 45Mythical figure undone by hubris ↗ICARUS
  31. 46Prima ballerina ↗ETOILE
  32. 48Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak ↗SMURFS
  33. 49Police weapon ↗TASER
  34. 52Transition points ↗CUSPS
  35. 56Blue Ribbon brand ↗PABST
  36. 57Ice cream parlor offerings ↗MALTS
  37. 59Borscht base ↗BEETS
  38. 61Classic theater name ↗PALACE
  39. 63Struggles with sibilant sounds ↗LISPS
  40. 65Law, but not order ↗CAREER
  41. 66Hints ↗TINGES
  42. 68Word with record or union ↗LABEL
  43. 69World capital near the Andean foothills ↗SANTIAGO
  44. 70Give a twist ↗ROTATE
  45. 71Downright mean ↗NASTY
  46. 73Bit of wisdom ↗PEARL
  47. 74Founder of the Mughal Empire ↗BABUR
  48. 77String-plucking sound ↗TWANG
  49. 79Sources in etymology ↗ROOTWORDS
  50. 80Prone ↗PROSTRATE
  51. 81Some summers, in brief ↗CPAS
  52. 82Black-and-white desserts ↗OREOPIES
  53. 83Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus ↗SORBONNE
  54. 85Shell filling stations ↗TACOBARS
  55. 87Basic programming command ↗GOTO
  56. 89Chicken pieces ↗TENDERS
  57. 90Part of AT&T: Abbr. ↗TEL
  58. 92Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne ↗DANSE
  59. 97Do a diner job ↗BUS
  60. 98Gathering of moles ↗INTEL
  61. 100Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" ↗OCEAN
  62. 102Continued interminably ↗RANON
  63. 103Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g. ↗EVENT
  64. 105Buzzing nuisance ↗GNAT
  65. 107Glitzy fabric ↗LAME
  66. 108Like some cheese ↗AGED
  67. 110"Gotcha" ↗ISEE
  68. 111Blue-necked bird ↗EMU
  69. 112"___ Believer" ↗IMA
  70. 114Flock formation ↗VEE
  71. 115Blue-winged bird ↗JAY