New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/28/2025. The December 28 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Poet with a 1982 posthumous PulitzerPLATH
- 6a S.L.R. insert since the early 2000sSDCARD
- 12a Baths in BathLAVS
- 16a Comedian NotaroTIG
- 19a Host Tyler of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”AISHA
- 20a One sporting an article of apparelWEARER
- 21a Sign in a theaterEXIT
- 22a DrollWRY
- 23a Rock of AgesROSETTASTONE
- 25a How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingNEPOTISM
- 27a Prop for a proposalKNEE
- 28a College credit hoursUNITS
- 29a Far from foreAFT
- 31a Starting sectionPARTA
- 32a Fab Four drummerSTARR
- 34a “I can handle that for you”LETME
- 36a Swallow something hook, line and sinkerEATITUP
- 38a Subject of some modern mapsGENOME
- 41a Boots outEJECTS
- 43a Ending with Butler or BardEDU
- 44a A Class ActFIELDTRIP
- 47a A Strange LoopMOBIUSSTRIP
- 50a Played a partACTED
- 51a Baldwin of “30 Rock”ALEC
- 53a Ran in the rain, perhapsBLED
- 54a Brig pairMASTS
- 55a New Mexico skiing localeTAOS
- 56a Full legislative assemblyPLENUM
- 58a Personification of darkness, in Greek mythEREBUS
- 60a Shapiro of public radioARI
- 61a BudsPALS
- 62a Chips go-withSALSA
- 64a Straight upERECT
- 67a A Little Night MusicLULLABY
- 69a RentSPLIT
- 70a A Chorus LineREFRAIN
- 72a Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit mythSEALS
- 73a Personal historiesPASTS
- 74a Automatons, informallyBOTS
- 75a Cell lettersRNA
- 76a “___ down the hatches!”BATTEN
- 78a Nursery rhyme coupleSPRATS
- 80a Cribbage markersPEGS
- 81a Sine’s reciprocal, in trigCOSEC
- 84a Bit of powerWATT
- 86a Japanese noodleSOBA
- 87a Wave to, sayGREET
- 88a The ProducersPROLETARIAT
- 91a Into the WoodsOUTDOORSY
- 93a ___ LingusAER
- 94a IntertwineENLACE
- 95a Halloween haulTREATS
- 96a In tearsSOBBING
- 99a Eschew the high road, sayGOLOW
- 101a ___ DameNOTRE
- 104a Repeatedly hit hardPOUND
- 105a DollopGOB
- 106a Pop groupCOLAS
- 109a Sitar great ShankarRAVI
- 111a The WizEINSTEIN
- 113a Mean GirlsAVERAGEJANES
- 116a Chess piecesMEN
- 117a Bombeck who wrote “At Wit’s End”ERMA
- 118a File often installed with computer programsREADME
- 119a Do penanceATONE
- 120a ApplyUSE
- 121a Hurdle for a J.D.-to-beLSAT
- 122a Became aware ofSENSED
- 123a “Fiddler on the Roof” matchmakerYENTE
- Down
- 1d Playground area, oftenPARK
- 2d Fearsome felinesLIONS
- 3d PlusASSET
- 4d “One of These Nights” bandTHEEAGLES
- 5d Makeshift tip collectorHAT
- 6d Epitome of graceful beautySWAN
- 7d Arnaz of “I Love Lucy”DESI
- 8d Certain stock holderCATTLEPEN
- 9d Came aboutAROSE
- 10d Kylo ___ of “Star Wars”REN
- 11d Gig of a lifetimeDREAMJOB
- 12d AdvancedLENT
- 13d Guitar, slangilyAXE
- 14d Front-of-the-line credentialVIPPASS
- 15d Cousin of a minkSTOAT
- 16d Cheep trills?TWITTERS
- 17d Dodger’s comeuppanceIRSAUDIT
- 18d Indoor recess localeGYM
- 24d Super-excited, in slangTURNT
- 26d One “T” of TNTTRI
- 30d Least haleFEEBLEST
- 33d Foxx of 1970s TVREDD
- 35d Judge pro ___TEM
- 36d Piano pupil’s practice pieceETUDE
- 37d Short boxers, e.g.PUPS
- 39d How some medicines are takenORALLY
- 40d Apt name for a distance runner?MILES
- 42d Oldsmobile Cutlass modelCIERA
- 44d Like 45-Down’s flawFATAL
- 45d Mythical figure undone by hubrisICARUS
- 46d Prima ballerinaETOILE
- 48d Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speakSMURFS
- 49d Police weaponTASER
- 52d Transition pointsCUSPS
- 56d Blue Ribbon brandPABST
- 57d Ice cream parlor offeringsMALTS
- 59d Borscht baseBEETS
- 61d Classic theater namePALACE
- 63d Struggles with sibilant soundsLISPS
- 65d Law, but not orderCAREER
- 66d HintsTINGES
- 68d Word with record or unionLABEL
- 69d World capital near the Andean foothillsSANTIAGO
- 70d Give a twistROTATE
- 71d Downright meanNASTY
- 73d Bit of wisdomPEARL
- 74d Founder of the Mughal EmpireBABUR
- 77d String-plucking soundTWANG
- 79d Sources in etymologyROOTWORDS
- 80d PronePROSTRATE
- 81d Some summers, in briefCPAS
- 82d Black-and-white dessertsOREOPIES
- 83d Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campusSORBONNE
- 85d Shell filling stationsTACOBARS
- 87d Basic programming commandGOTO
- 89d Chicken piecesTENDERS
- 90d Part of AT&T: Abbr.TEL
- 92d Ballet or bourrée, in BourgogneDANSE
- 97d Do a diner jobBUS
- 98d Gathering of molesINTEL
- 100d Setting for Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes”OCEAN
- 102d Continued interminablyRANON
- 103d Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g.EVENT
- 105d Buzzing nuisanceGNAT
- 107d Glitzy fabricLAME
- 108d Like some cheeseAGED
- 110d “Gotcha”ISEE
- 111d Blue-necked birdEMU
- 112d “___ Believer”IMA
- 114d Flock formationVEE
- 115d Blue-winged birdJAY