NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Dec 9, 2025

Complete answer list for the December 9, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kate HawkinsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Goes on to say ↗ADDS
  2. 5San Diego baseballer ↗PADRE
  3. 10Livens (up) ↗PEPS
  4. 14Termites, for an aardwolf ↗DIET
  5. 15Cup-shaped flower ↗TULIP
  6. 16Give off ↗EMIT
  7. 17"Judging from the information available to me …" ↗ASFARASICANTELL
  8. 20Unadulterated ↗PURE
  9. 21San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir. ↗SSE
  10. 22Propellers of a shell ↗OARS
  11. 23"These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions …" ↗JUSTSPITBALLING
  12. 27Gobbled up ↗ATE
  13. 28Abu Dhabi's country, for short ↗UAE
  14. 29Notable time period ↗ERA
  15. 30Gossip, in slang ↗TEA
  16. 31Accurse ↗BEDAMN
  17. 3333-Down, across the Atlantic ↗ZEE
  18. 34"Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln) ↗MARY
  19. 35Verdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle ↗HEDGEROWS
  20. 38Singer/actress Lady ___ ↗GAGA
  21. 41Historical ↗OLD
  22. 42Got a good reaction, as a joke ↗LANDED
  23. 46Equal: Prefix ↗ISO
  24. 47Swim-bike-run race, for short ↗TRI
  25. 48Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day ↗AAH
  26. 49Game with Skip and Reverse cards ↗UNO
  27. 50"Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much …" ↗FORWHATITSWORTH
  28. 54"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim) ↗FIRE
  29. 55Pre-digital TV screen tech ↗CRT
  30. 56Not close by ↗AFAR
  31. 57"Feel free to dismiss this idea — however …" ↗ONLYATHOUGHTBUT
  32. 61Survey ↗POLL
  33. 62Temporary tattoo dye ↗HENNA
  34. 63"Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go" ↗ELSA
  35. 64Influence ↗SWAY
  36. 65Burros ↗ASSES
  37. 66Pair in a water polo pool ↗NETS

Down 39

  1. 1Computing pioneer Lovelace ↗ADA
  2. 2Argue ↗DISPUTE
  3. 3Neutralized, as an explosive situation ↗DEFUSED
  4. 4Launch ↗START
  5. 5Org. in charge of school fund-raisers ↗PTA
  6. 6One who might ask "Fair dinkum?" ↗AUSSIE
  7. 7Like some minor celebrities ↗DLIST
  8. 8Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager ↗RICEBEER
  9. 9Org. that oversees air quality initiatives ↗EPA
  10. 10Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not" ↗PETAL
  11. 11Professor ___ (title for some retirees) ↗EMERITA
  12. 12Light lager ↗PILSNER
  13. 13The Cards, on scoreboards ↗STL
  14. 18Cover letter accompaniment ↗RESUME
  15. 19Mardi Gras city, informally ↗NOLA
  16. 23Poke ↗JAB
  17. 24Music app named for a figure in Greek myth ↗PANDORA
  18. 25Pigmented rings ↗AREOLAS
  19. 26Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+ ↗GAY
  20. 32"By Jove, that's it!" ↗AHA
  21. 3333-Across, across the Atlantic ↗ZED
  22. 34Web portal launched with Windows 95 ↗MSN
  23. 36Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix" ↗GLITCHES
  24. 37Sound of a sad trombone ↗WAHWAH
  25. 38Many an animated meme loop ↗GIF
  26. 39To date ↗ASOFNOW
  27. 40Silverback, for one ↗GORILLA
  28. 43Built to last ↗DURABLE
  29. 44Give for safekeeping ↗ENTRUST
  30. 45"How stupid of me!" ↗DOH
  31. 47"Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary) ↗THEA
  32. 48Bring into harmony ↗ATTUNE
  33. 51With a wink, say ↗WRYLY
  34. 52Smooths (out) ↗IRONS
  35. 53On a regular basis ↗OFTEN
  36. 57Special ___ ↗OPS
  37. 58"J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album) ↗THA
  38. 59One of the four fundamental states of matter ↗GAS
  39. 60Some Ph.D. students ↗TAS