New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/16/2025. The December 16 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Library acquisitionBOOK
- 5a Insta and SnapAPPS
- 9a StartBEGIN
- 14a Roughly equivalent (to)AKIN
- 15a HomieBRAH
- 16a Maine-to-Florida hwy.USONE
- 17a What shares a key with “(” on a keyboardNINE
- 18a Reason to buy a magazine, perhapsCOVERSTORY
- 20a Hockey feintsDEKES
- 22a Like someone who knows everything about a niche subject, maybeGEEKY
- 23a Prefix with cache or tagGEO
- 24a Person in hot pants?LIAR
- 26a Name on a prestigious awardNOBEL
- 28a It may be blond or paleALE
- 31a DisgustingGROSS
- 33a C-suite typesEXECS
- 36a Last stop before security, oftenBAGCHECK
- 38a Words of communal supportWECARE
- 39a Texter’s “Then again ?”OTOH
- 40a Groundbreaking 1988 Japanese animated action filmAKIRA
- 42a Orchestra-tuning instrumentOBOE
- 43a NegligentREMISS
- 45a Turnabout, they sayFAIRPLAY
- 47a Tiny amountTRACE
- 48a Pay taxes via the internetEFILE
- 49a Air traveler’s infoETA
- 50a Drinks served at fountainsSODAS
- 52a Govt. IDsSSNS
- 54a Down Under land: Abbr.AUS
- 56a Computer acronym since the 1960sASCII
- 58a Inventor NikolaTESLA
- 62a The IBM Simon Personal Communicator is considered the world’s first oneSMARTPHONE
- 65a Couple, in gossipITEM
- 66a “Aw, shucks!”OHGEE
- 67a Decorative pitcherEWER
- 68a WackyZANY
- 69a Lords’ landsFIEFS
- 70a Tells (on)RATS
- 71a After 1-Across, shelf accessories ? or what can be placed “around” the halves of 18-, 36-, 45- and 62-Across to make new phrases?ENDS
- Down
- 1d Genesis or YesBAND
- 2d Many a character in “The Grapes of Wrath”OKIE
- 3d Barnyard soundOINK
- 4d Prepare to be knightedKNEEL
- 5d Epitome of simplicityABC
- 6d Genre for Genesis or Yes, informallyPROGROCK
- 7d Lead (the way)PAVE
- 8d Glossy finishesSHEENS
- 9d Active and enthusiastic sortBUSYBEE
- 10d Approx.EST
- 11d Easily found on the internet, sayGOOGLEABLE
- 12d Memo headingINRE
- 13d Grammy-winning R&B artist whose stage name is said to have been inspired by “The Matrix”NEYO
- 19d Golden Age studio known for many Astaire/Rogers filmsRKO
- 21d You might heave a big oneSIGH
- 25d PlacesAREAS
- 27d Mike in “Breaking Bad,” for exampleEXCOP
- 28d Cancel, as a space launchABORT
- 29d Procrastinator’s mantraLATER
- 30d What someone seeking validation might needEGOMASSAGE
- 32d Shallow boat with a square sternSKIFF
- 34d Neighbor of a SloveneCROAT
- 35d “Take it easy!”SEEYA
- 37d Brother to GrouchoCHICO
- 38d Mournful criesWAILS
- 41d One in a box at the theater?RAISINET
- 44d TranquilizesSEDATES
- 46d Penalty in MonopolyRENT
- 48d Artist known for his “impossible staircases”ESCHER
- 51d Symbol of divine authority in hieroglyphicsASP
- 53d Grab control ofSEIZE
- 54d Words before a dateASOF
- 55d Tentative greetingUMHI
- 57d The Hawkeye StateIOWA
- 59d Show extreme fandom for, in slangSTAN
- 60d Give temporarilyLEND
- 61d Ryan and Adams of HollywoodAMYS
- 63d Whistle blower or flag throwerREF
- 64d Hosp. hot spotsERS