NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 4, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 4, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Stephan Prock and Jeff ChenEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Traditional roofing material for a Cape Cod-style house ↗CEDAR
  2. 6Onetime Volvo competitor ↗SAAB
  3. 10Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV" ↗CCCP
  4. 14Concession admission ↗ILOSE
  5. 15Tourist hot spot in Uttar Pradesh ↗AGRA
  6. 16Heard, but not seen ↗ORAL
  7. 17Also + Frozen water ↗TOOKNOTICE
  8. 19Actress Rooney ↗MARA
  9. 20Hoopsters might hang on to them ↗RIMS
  10. 21Mate ↗PAL
  11. 22Name of eight English kings ↗HENRY
  12. 23Put into practice ↗USE
  13. 24Three squared + Slide ↗NINETIESKID
  14. 27Brand with "counting sheep" mascots ↗SERTA
  15. 29Stop right there! ↗INN
  16. 30___ Luís, Brazilian city of 1.1+ million ↗SAO
  17. 31Veterinarian's interest ↗ANIMALS
  18. 35Buzzed, in a way ↗HIGH
  19. 36Italian "darling" + Top-shelf ↗CARAMELDELITE
  20. 39Deep shade of green ↗MOSS
  21. 40Like kilts and some drapes ↗PLEATED
  22. 41"___ is a revolt against fate": André Malraux ↗ART
  23. 42Prefix with tracking ↗GEO
  24. 43Uncool bunch ↗NERDS
  25. 47Northern tribe + Toe trouble ↗CREEPINGOUT
  26. 52"Niiiiice!" ↗OOH
  27. 53Dances around? ↗HORAS
  28. 54Org. with a fraud hotline ↗IRS
  29. 55"___ upon a midnight dreary ..." ↗ONCE
  30. 56Stink ↗ODOR
  31. 57Auto + Consumed ↗CARBONDATE
  32. 60Cavuto of cable news ↗NEIL
  33. 61Fruit so named for its wrinkly skin ↗UGLI
  34. 62Sharp fingernail, humorously ↗TALON
  35. 63Curling current ↗EDDY
  36. 64Get the win over ↗BEST
  37. 65Multiheaded monster of myth ↗HYDRA

Down 39

  1. 1Oranges, but not apples ↗CITRUS
  2. 2Precocious literary resident of the Plaza Hotel ↗ELOISE
  3. 3One who expects the apocalyptic worst ↗DOOMER
  4. 4Aims to sell for, as a price ↗ASKS
  5. 5Last name in "The Last Jedi" ↗REN
  6. 6Evil one ↗SATAN
  7. 7Flexible ↗AGILE
  8. 8Eyebrow, essentially ↗ARC
  9. 9Sweetie ↗BAE
  10. 10Follows through on one's R.S.V.P., say ↗COMES
  11. 11Turns the volume way up ↗CRANKSIT
  12. 12Posture ↗CARRIAGE
  13. 13Toy with a scent trademarked by Hasbro ↗PLAYDOH
  14. 18Cosmetics alternative to Essie ↗OPI
  15. 22Clutch producer ↗HEN
  16. 24Mama's mama ↗NANA
  17. 25Swinton of 2024's "The Room Next Door" ↗TILDA
  18. 26Hawaii, often, on a map ↗INSET
  19. 28Besmirches ↗TARS
  20. 32Head of the design firm behind One Dallas Center ↗IMPEI
  21. 33Noggin ↗MELON
  22. 34Stein's contents ↗ALE
  23. 35Secrete ↗HIDE
  24. 36A little rusty, perhaps ↗CORRODED
  25. 37Element of a certain belt ↗ASTEROID
  26. 38Period of abstinence, for some ↗LENT
  27. 39Speed equal to roughly 767 miles per hour ↗MACHONE
  28. 42It'll find a way, for short ↗GPS
  29. 44Noted name in clowns ↗RONALD
  30. 45Falsify, as a photo ↗DOCTOR
  31. 46Two-time Grammy-winning Easton ↗SHEENA
  32. 48Primitive ↗EARLY
  33. 49When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title ↗GIRLS
  34. 50Go around ↗ORBIT
  35. 51Troupe for troops, in brief ↗USO
  36. 55Jazz great Anita ↗ODAY
  37. 57Greenhorn ↗CUB
  38. 58Input on an alcohol retailer's website ↗AGE
  39. 59Advanced degree? ↗NTH