NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 29, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 29, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Chase DittrichEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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5P
6A
7C
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11A
12M
13P
14A
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20L
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Across 35

  1. 1Life story, in brief ↗BIO
  2. 4The "S" of NASA ↗SPACE
  3. 9Where Shrek lives ↗SWAMP
  4. 14Kerfuffle ↗ADO
  5. 15Outer limits ↗EDGES
  6. 16They're contained within books ↗PAGES
  7. 17Is severely underpaid ↗WORKSFORPEANUTS
  8. 20Andean animal with a long neck ↗LLAMA
  9. 21Earth goddess ↗GAIA
  10. 22Condé ___ (magazine publisher) ↗NAST
  11. 23"Tsk! Tsk!" ↗SHAME
  12. 25Humorist Bombeck ↗ERMA
  13. 27Motown or RCA ↗RECORDLABEL
  14. 32Particular place ↗SPOT
  15. 35Stephen of "V for Vendetta" ↗REA
  16. 36Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest ↗NEPAL
  17. 38Chicago trains ↗ELS
  18. 39Seating area for 12 peers ↗JURYBOX
  19. 42Piece of Grubhub info, for short ↗ETA
  20. 43Stringed instrument that rests on the ground ↗CELLO
  21. 45Tin Man's need ↗OIL
  22. 46Like the Mariana Trench ↗DEEP
  23. 47Works that are heard rather than read ↗BOOKSONTAPE
  24. 51Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women" ↗BETH
  25. 52Gives the ax ↗FIRES
  26. 55Soaks (up) ↗SOPS
  27. 58Puppy sounds ↗ARFS
  28. 61Fundamental belief ↗TENET
  29. 63Description for an ideal partner … or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create? ↗THETOTALPACKAGE
  30. 66Put on TV ↗AIRED
  31. 67Molars and canines ↗TEETH
  32. 68Signal for an actor to go onstage ↗CUE
  33. 69Pumpkin, e.g. ↗GOURD
  34. 70"Alas ..." ↗SADLY
  35. 71TV's "___ Lasso" ↗TED

Down 43

  1. 1Cry like a baby ↗BAWL
  2. 2Admired figures ↗IDOLS
  3. 3Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps ↗OORAH
  4. 4Kind of bagel ↗SESAME
  5. 5Many a PC file ↗PDF
  6. 6Really eager ↗AGOG
  7. 7Actor Michael of "Arrested Development" ↗CERA
  8. 8Caught sight of ↗ESPIED
  9. 9Place to be pampered ↗SPA
  10. 101996 #1 hit for the Spice Girls ↗WANNABE
  11. 11Water, in Colombia ↗AGUA
  12. 12Team that plays at Citi Field ↗METS
  13. 13"Over here!" ↗PSST
  14. 18Onetime retail chain giant ↗KMART
  15. 19___ Grey tea ↗EARL
  16. 24Very light brown ↗ECRU
  17. 26Tail-less cat ↗MANX
  18. 28Above, in poetry ↗OER
  19. 29Synthetic fiber ↗RAYON
  20. 30Fencing sword ↗EPEE
  21. 31Not on time ↗LATE
  22. 32"Gimme a ___!" ↗SEC
  23. 33Commoner ↗PLEB
  24. 34Norway's capital ↗OSLO
  25. 37Two lengths of a pool ↗LAP
  26. 39What a punch line may end ↗JOKE
  27. 40Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine ↗BIT
  28. 41"Frozen" snowman ↗OLAF
  29. 44Seafood with claws ↗LOBSTER
  30. 46Jeter in the Baseball Hall of Fame ↗DEREK
  31. 48Rushing yards, e.g., informally ↗STAT
  32. 49"Well, dang it!" ↗OHRATS
  33. 50Slightly out of tune ↗PITCHY
  34. 53Put into law ↗ENACT
  35. 54Move smoothly to another topic ↗SEGUE
  36. 55Without a date ↗STAG
  37. 56River past Cincinnati ↗OHIO
  38. 57Lima's land ↗PERU
  39. 59Tiny canine pest ↗FLEA
  40. 60Drove over the legal limit ↗SPED
  41. 62Ticked (off) ↗TEED
  42. 64Peculiar ↗ODD
  43. 65The Falcons, on a scoreboard ↗ATL