NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 5, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 5, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By James McCarronEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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The Grid

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Across 32

  1. 1Home to Kotoka International Airport ↗GHANA
  2. 6Many a wearer of a long robe called a thawb ↗SAUDI
  3. 11Can't-miss purchases? ↗SEASONTICKETS
  4. 14Words of caution ↗DONTPOKETHEBEAR
  5. 16Threshold ↗EVE
  6. 17Ties up ↗ENLACES
  7. 18Coastal waterway ↗RIA
  8. 19Up ↗RISEN
  9. 21Subject of the Bouguereau painting "The Abduction of Psyche" ↗EROS
  10. 22Colombian city of 2+ million ↗CALI
  11. 23Dutch artist Jan van der ___ ↗MEER
  12. 24Curtail ↗STEM
  13. 25Stick in an orchestra ↗BATON
  14. 26Spot likely to smear ↗ATTACKAD
  15. 28They aren't party people ↗LONERS
  16. 29Cut, as with a box cutter ↗SLIT
  17. 30"Fun-size" ↗MINI
  18. 31Film with the tagline "Someone has taken their love for scary movies one step too far" ↗SCREAM
  19. 34Words of retaliation ↗TAKETHAT
  20. 38Word with fire or false ↗ALARM
  21. 39Hotel listing ↗RATE
  22. 40One and the other ↗BOTH
  23. 41Big name in chip production ↗LAYS
  24. 42Bundle ↗PILE
  25. 43Sauce whose name derives from the Italian word for "crush" ↗PESTO
  26. 44Refuge ↗ARK
  27. 45Where much of "Brokeback Mountain" was filmed ↗ALBERTA
  28. 47It's perfect ↗TEN
  29. 48"Might as well give it a shot ..." ↗HEREGOESNOTHING
  30. 51Age at which you just learned something you should have realized before, facetiously ↗TODAYYEARSOLD
  31. 52Something blocked by censors ↗CURSE
  32. 531944 Pacific battle site ↗LEYTE

Down 36

  1. 1What clones share ↗GENESET
  2. 2It might be on a rack ↗HAT
  3. 3Ski town that shares its name with a tree ↗ASPEN
  4. 4"High" time ↗NOON
  5. 5Image that's just over a foot, informally ↗ANKLETAT
  6. 6"Arrested Development," e.g. ↗SITCOM
  7. 7Pines ↗ACHES
  8. 8Relatives of banjoleles ↗UKES
  9. 9Nebraska senator Fischer ↗DEB
  10. 10Repeat ↗ITERATE
  11. 11Council, in Russian ↗SOVIET
  12. 12Got misty ↗TEARED
  13. 13Sea shanty singer ↗SAILOR
  14. 14Skin layer with hair follicles ↗DERMA
  15. 15Show stoppers, sometimes ↗RAINS
  16. 20Items on many a back-to-school supply list ↗ERASERS
  17. 22"Is this possible?!?" ↗CANITBE
  18. 24Take a little off the top ↗SKIM
  19. 25Dog treat ↗BONE
  20. 27Silent sort ↗CLAM
  21. 28Fancy ↗LIKE
  22. 30Kind of instinct ↗MATERNAL
  23. 31Mohamed ___, Egyptian soccer star ↗SALAH
  24. 32Shade of red ↗CLARET
  25. 33Big name in fast food ↗RAYKROC
  26. 34"Honor Thy Father" writer, 1971 ↗TALESE
  27. 35Argumentative ↗HOSTILE
  28. 36Get to ↗ATTEND
  29. 37Minimal coverage provider? ↗THONG
  30. 39Hearty steakhouse serving ↗RIBEYE
  31. 42Tricks ↗PLOYS
  32. 43Unwitting mark ↗PATSY
  33. 45Thickening agent found in many vegan recipes ↗AGAR
  34. 46Raced ↗TORE
  35. 49Dot follower in academia ↗EDU
  36. 50Spicy ↗HOT