NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 6, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 6, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Marshal HerrmannEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1It goes around in circles ↗TIRE
  2. 5Winter quaffs ↗SPICEDALES
  3. 15Booty ↗HAUL
  4. 16Source of rhythm in electronic music ↗TECHNOBEAT
  5. 17With 23-Down, bandolier, e.g. ↗AMMO
  6. 18Court order ↗PLEASERISE
  7. 19Chinese surname transliterating "Zuo" ↗TSO
  8. 20Assessor ↗RATER
  9. 21Some ↗AFEW
  10. 22Treats whose name is derived from the Arabic for "to drink" ↗SORBETS
  11. 24Thread organizer ↗LOOM
  12. 27Home to the Temple of Hephaestus ↗ATHENS
  13. 28Cutters for kitchen installations ↗TILESAWS
  14. 32High-stakes gambler, in Vegas lingo ↗WHALE
  15. 33Like some car exteriors and hairy legs ↗WAXED
  16. 34Director Jon M. ___ ↗CHU
  17. 35Sit, say ↗REST
  18. 36Many a character on "Breaking Bad" ↗NARCO
  19. 37Toiletry kit item ↗QTIP
  20. 38Portrayer of Glinda in 2024's "Wicked," to fans ↗ARI
  21. 39Cleanse ↗DETOX
  22. 40"Indubitably!" ↗QUITE
  23. 41Honey and sugar, for two ↗PETNAMES
  24. 43Holder of arrows ↗QUIVER
  25. 44That stinks! ↗ODOR
  26. 45Penn athletes ↗QUAKERS
  27. 46Website that competes with PCMag ↗CNET
  28. 49Having a good aura, in slang ↗VIBEY
  29. 51"___ dat?" ↗WHO
  30. 52"That's crazy!" ↗HOLYSMOKES
  31. 55Hippie happening ↗BEIN
  32. 56Warning preceding some "madness" during March Madness ↗UPSETALERT
  33. 57"Please, Mom?" ↗CANI
  34. 58Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally ↗MEATSWEATS
  35. 59Aussie predator ↗CROC

Down 37

  1. 1Closing statement? ↗THATSAWRAP
  2. 2"Count me in!" ↗IAMSOTHERE
  3. 3Lead-in to some juicy gossip ↗RUMORHASIT
  4. 4___ rating (chess stat) ↗ELO
  5. 5Big Apple cathedral ↗STPATS
  6. 6Fur trade exports ↗PELTS
  7. 7Frozen treat ↗ICEE
  8. 8Singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" ↗CHARLIXCX
  9. 9Tennis duo? ↗ENS
  10. 10It might go for a buck ↗DOE
  11. 11American battle tank named for a general ↗ABRAMS
  12. 12First name in Norse exploration ↗LEIF
  13. 13No trouble ↗EASE
  14. 14Dish commonly made in a Dutch oven ↗STEW
  15. 20Former French president ___ Coty ↗RENE
  16. 23See 17-Across ↗BELT
  17. 25Bread spread ↗OLEO
  18. 26Its first and second editions were published more than 60 yrs. apart ↗OED
  19. 28Sacred Polynesian plants ↗TAROS
  20. 29Yoga pants and such ↗ACTIVEWEAR
  21. 30Endangered African grazer ↗WHITERHINO
  22. 31Very fast, in a way ↗SUPERSONIC
  23. 33Ratty is one in "The Wind in the Willows" ↗WATERVOLE
  24. 36Title film character with a "lucky fin" ↗NEMO
  25. 37Longtime Nestlé product ↗QUIK
  26. 39Pop ↗DAD
  27. 40Spot to dock ↗QUAY
  28. 42"Wait a sec" ↗NOTYET
  29. 43Pursuits ↗QUESTS
  30. 45Classic arcade game with a pyramid ↗QBERT
  31. 46Shark bait ↗CHUM
  32. 47"Negative" ↗NOPE
  33. 48Who's asked the musical question "Do you want to build a snowman?" ↗ELSA
  34. 50Longtime catalog purveyor ↗IKEA
  35. 53Washington and Adams in Chicago: Abbr. ↗STS
  36. 54Wide mouth ↗MAW
  37. 55Email abbr. ↗BCC