NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 31, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 31, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jeffrey MartinovicEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1573 clues

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Across 36

  1. 1Big name in pickup trucks ↗RAM
  2. 4Criminal suspects, informally ↗PERPS
  3. 9Giant container ↗VAT
  4. 12Map out ↗PLAN
  5. 14Love of Italy? ↗AMORE
  6. 15Performer who's lost for words? ↗MIME
  7. 16Smaller than small ↗MINI
  8. 17Completely change course, in business jargon ↗PIVOT
  9. 18Enthusiastic ↗AVID
  10. 19Gathering for this puzzle's attendees ↗SQUAREDANCE
  11. 22Stipulation for some keto dieters ↗NOCARBS
  12. 24Ninja's quality ↗STEALTH
  13. 27Grant the power ↗ENABLE
  14. 28Paddle people ↗ROWERS
  15. 29Hint ↗TIP
  16. 30Marketplace of ancient Greece ↗AGORA
  17. 34Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy ↗REN
  18. 35Gathering for this puzzle's attendees ↗CELLRECEPTION
  19. 40Falco of "The Sopranos" ↗EDIE
  20. 41Article in hip-hop titles ↗THA
  21. 42Make some changes ↗EDIT
  22. 43Gathering for this puzzle's attendees ↗BOXSOCIAL
  23. 46Suffering from memory loss, in a way ↗AMNESIC
  24. 49It's a big hit ↗HOMERUN
  25. 53Name on luxury fashion apparel ↗DIOR
  26. 54Marginalia, e.g. ↗NOTES
  27. 56John of wrestling fame ↗CENA
  28. 57Bloom that's green ↗ALGAE
  29. 59Mess around a sty ↗MUD
  30. 60Lead, as a meeting ↗CHAIR
  31. 61With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees ↗BLOCK
  32. 62Grp. that carries badges ↗FBI
  33. 63See 61-Across ↗PARTY
  34. 64"That makes sense now!" ↗ISEE
  35. 65Hanker (for) ↗YEN
  36. 66Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short ↗ATMS

Down 37

  1. 1Engine stat, in brief ↗RPM
  2. 2Sports star who said “It's not bragging if you can back it up” ↗ALI
  3. 3Engaged in some grooming ↗MANSCAPED
  4. 4Fairy tale character with a hard bed ↗PAPABEAR
  5. 5Arab leaders ↗EMIRS
  6. 6Wander aimlessly ↗ROVE
  7. 7Needles, maybe ↗PRODS
  8. 8Try to catch someone with guile ↗SETATRAP
  9. 9Cry of loyalty in old France ↗VIVELEROI
  10. 10"___ crazy?" ↗AMI
  11. 11Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame ↗TED
  12. 13Veil worn by Muslim women ↗NIQAB
  13. 15Colorful parrot ↗MACAW
  14. 20Certain address, for short ↗URL
  15. 21Lead-in to liberalism ↗NEO
  16. 22Ending for many a 20-Down ↗NET
  17. 23How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering ↗ONICE
  18. 25Site of a historic council ↗TRENT
  19. 26Channel similar to QVC ↗HSN
  20. 31Lies down on the couch, say ↗GETSCOMFY
  21. 32Nueve menos uno ↗OCHO
  22. 33Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say ↗REACHEDIN
  23. 36One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship" ↗LIBERACE
  24. 37Most August babies ↗LEOS
  25. 38Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more" ↗TEAM
  26. 39Small talk ↗IDLECHAT
  27. 44Mark, as an option on a questionnaire ↗XIN
  28. 45Apple device letters ↗IOS
  29. 46Not very much ↗ADAB
  30. 47Prefix meaning "one-thousandth" ↗MILLI
  31. 48Ideas that don't work out ↗NOGOS
  32. 50Supply with more weaponry ↗REARM
  33. 51Condo building's inventory ↗UNITS
  34. 52Hardly ↗NARY
  35. 55Straw, e.g. ↗TUBE
  36. 58Squeak (out) ↗EKE
  37. 60Book reviewer, for short ↗CPA