NYT Crossword December 14 2025 Answers

All 138 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Zachary Edward-Brown and John KugelmanEdited by Will Shortz“Change Locations”

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1S2T3O4R5M6T7O8P9L10S11U12C13A14R15D16S17CHAFE18WRA19PUPS20REVERE21OOHIM22SOSCARED23PADAWAN24PRUDENT25MIKA26FAVE27IFS28EPA29AI30DAN31R32HINE33UNTO34DEN35V36ERMINT37MARSL38ANDER39ELLEN40PETEY41BASES42ENOS43G44O45ALNET46GEL47FLIPA48HOUSE49DR50UMLI51N52E53S54ALI55ETE56TSA57R58ABC59KENO60VES61TS62L63ISA64V65APE66FEWER67OSHA68SLR69M70ALL71R72CA73EMT74WHAT75AHOO76T77NOT78EXAC79TLY80TRY81NE82GATOR83NEAL84S85P86ILT87DWELL88N89OTIP90IOWEY91OUONE92G93AINEDA94D95A96Y97CLAD98PROSE99ALEVE100OLE101KEN102MEAD103C104OLD105IN106E107RTIA108BAT109HING110ALTER111EDSTATES112AXIOMS113CURSIVE114AGENT115YENTE116TBA117NEO118SUDSY

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES138 CLUES

ACROSS

1AMarvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns5 lettersSTORM

6ASomething fun to take out for a spin3 lettersTOP

9AShaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short3 lettersLSU

12AParts of a hand5 lettersCARDS

17AIrritate5 lettersCHAFE

18ARecaps7 lettersWRAPUPS

20APaul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail6 lettersREVERE

21AFalse alarm announcement?13 lettersOOHIMSOSCARED

23AJedi-in-training7 lettersPADAWAN

24ASensible7 lettersPRUDENT

25ATV host Brzezinski4 lettersMIKA

26A#1 choice, in slang4 lettersFAVE

27A"No ___, ands or buts!"3 lettersIFS

28APollution-fighting org.3 lettersEPA

29A"Game of Thrones" actor Gillen5 lettersAIDAN

31ARiver that borders the Black Forest5 lettersRHINE

33A"Render ___ Caesar …"4 lettersUNTO

34AMajor coin producer10 lettersDENVERMINT

37AViking I or II10 lettersMARSLANDER

39AAstronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space5 lettersELLEN

40ANickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance"5 lettersPETEY

41AThey turn red litmus paper blue5 lettersBASES

42AFirst chimpanzee to orbit Earth4 lettersENOS

43AFootball blocker?7 lettersGOALNET

46AHair-raising stuff3 lettersGEL

47ARemodel and resell some real estate10 lettersFLIPAHOUSE

49AMarching band tempo setters9 lettersDRUMLINES

54AWho said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"3 lettersALI

55ASeason to enjoy une glace3 lettersETE

56ARuler before 19174 lettersTSAR

58A"Black-ish" airer3 lettersABC

59AIt's a numbers game4 lettersKENO

60AClothing for SWAT teams5 lettersVESTS

62A"The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles4 lettersLISA

64APuff piece?4 lettersVAPE

66ALike the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys5 lettersFEWER

67APlant watcher, for short4 lettersOSHA

68ACamera type, in brief3 lettersSLR

69ASite of some Santa sightings4 lettersMALL

71ALongtime record label of Elvis Presley3 lettersRCA

73A911 responder3 lettersEMT

74A"Hilarious!"9 lettersWHATAHOOT

77A"I mean, kind of ..."10 lettersNOTEXACTLY

80A"Don't give up!"3 lettersTRY

81A¬ or ~, in logic7 lettersNEGATOR

83ABeat poet ___ Cassady4 lettersNEAL

84ALike some milk, idiomatically5 lettersSPILT

87A___ on the past5 lettersDWELL

88AIndication of bad service5 lettersNOTIP

90A"Much obliged"10 lettersIOWEYOUONE

92ACrossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it)10 lettersGAINEDADAY

97ABundled up4 lettersCLAD

98AArticles are written in this5 lettersPROSE

99ABrand name for naproxen5 lettersALEVE

100A___ Miss3 lettersOLE

101ADoll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors3 lettersKEN

102ADrink known also as "honey wine"4 lettersMEAD

103AFrosty4 lettersCOLD

105ASubject of Newton's first law7 lettersINERTIA

108AEnjoying a soak7 lettersBATHING

110A1980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain?13 lettersALTEREDSTATES

112AFundamental rules of math6 lettersAXIOMS

113ALoopy writing7 lettersCURSIVE

114AStar pitcher?5 lettersAGENT

115A"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker5 lettersYENTE

116ALetters for an unscheduled event3 lettersTBA

117APrefix with natal3 lettersNEO

118ALike a bubble bath5 lettersSUDSY

DOWN

1DSurveyed, with "out"6 lettersSCOPED

2DEarly track star Jim6 lettersTHORPE

3DResident of Honolulu, e.g.6 lettersOAHUAN

4DTouchless payment tech4 lettersRFID

5DInternet ___4 lettersMEME

6DCheat on, in a way7 lettersTWOTIME

7DSurgery sites, in brief3 lettersORS

8DVideo game character with an endless appetite6 lettersPACMAN

9DBe in a chat room but not chat4 lettersLURK

10DSoldiers with long arms8 lettersSPEARMEN

11DAlternative to the euro, in brief3 lettersUSD

12DRelinquish4 lettersCEDE

13DDirector DuVernay3 lettersAVA

14DTurns back the clock, maybe?7 lettersREWINDS

15DOpposite of volunteer7 lettersDRAFTEE

16DParts of many robots in robot-sumo7 lettersSENSORS

19DArea inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang5 lettersPAINT

20D"Gaspard de la Nuit" composer5 lettersRAVEL

22DAddresses angrily8 lettersSNARLSAT

23DVariety of violet5 lettersPANSY

26DUrban safety hazard8 lettersFIRETRAP

30DAustralia's largest carnivorous mammal5 lettersDINGO

32DWord used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994)5 lettersHATED

33DDissimilar7 lettersUNALIKE

35DPart of a legendary boast4 lettersVENI

36DSkips all the ceremony?6 lettersELOPES

38DThe brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"4 lettersABEL

40DWhat might be made while clasping one's hands4 lettersPLEA

42DEngineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years6 lettersELISHA

44DBallpark figure4 lettersOUTS

45DKind of tea5 lettersASSAM

46DSierra automaker3 lettersGMC

47DShylock's security5 lettersFLESH

48DAdele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times"5 lettersHELLO

50DNon-premium option in a rideshare app5 lettersUBERX

51DGaming mogul Gabe6 lettersNEWELL

52DErnst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond5 lettersENEMY

53DPut into piles, perhaps4 lettersSORT

54DSwear4 lettersAVOW

57DParking space for an Airstream, say, in brief5 lettersRVLOT

61DDid some school reporting?7 lettersTATTLED

63DExceptionally hard timber8 lettersIRONWOOD

65DAmy Winehouse, e.g.4 lettersALTO

66DThumbprint alternative on iPhones6 lettersFACEID

68DReluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe3 lettersSHY

70DParticularly particular4 lettersANAL

72DCafeterias8 lettersCANTEENS

75DLike many indie films4 lettersARTY

76DMany characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad"5 lettersTEENS

78DHe had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie"5 lettersERNIE

79DTortilla de patatas, por ejemplo4 lettersTAPA

82DWhere high schoolers work on their numbers?8 lettersGLEECLUB

84DStarship's medical facility7 lettersSICKBAY

85DRen faire prop akin to a halberd7 lettersPOLEAXE

86D"Sign me up!"7 lettersIWANTIN

87DHair-care item associated with Black culture5 lettersDURAG

89DLike YouTube offerings7 lettersONVIDEO

91DCommences5 lettersOPENS

92DRough drafts?5 lettersGALES

93DInterview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here"6 lettersALDRIN

94DLike lowercase i's and j's6 lettersDOTTED

95DSci-fi sequel of 19866 lettersALIENS

96DLike soft rolls6 lettersYEASTY

102DWordless entertainment4 lettersMIME

104DOther, to Octavio4 lettersOTRA

106DBrief announcements from a pilot4 lettersETAS

107D___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)4 lettersRAGU

109DLike hell!3 lettersHOT

110DPlay a part, or part of a play3 lettersACT

111DPart of N.Y.E.3 lettersEVE

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