New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/15/2025. The December 15 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a ___ NicholasSAINT
- 6a Judge’s seat, from the FrenchBANC
- 10a N.Y.C. airportJFK
- 13a “Star Wars” droid, familiarlyARTOO
- 14a Side’s length squared, for a squareAREA
- 15a Thrilla in Manila boxerALI
- 16a Recharge one’s batteriesRESTUP
- 18a Prepared to batheDISROBED
- 20a Cool ___ cucumberASA
- 21a “Balderdash!”LIES
- 23a Filled in (for), for shortSUBBED
- 24a Schmoozed (with)HOBNOBBED
- 27a Good, long bathSOAK
- 28a Slight injury from trippingSTUBBEDTOE
- 30a Bridge supportTRUSS
- 32a Karl Marx’s “___ Kapital”DAS
- 33a Do one better thanTOP
- 36a President HooverHERBERT
- 39a “You take credit cards?” responseYESWEDO
- 42a UnconventionalODD
- 43a Alternative to the pill, in briefIUD
- 45a Dog-___ (like the pages in some books)EARED
- 46a Foreign-language movie that you don’t have to read subtitles forDUBBEDFILM
- 50a Location for a goatee or soul patchCHIN
- 52a EnchantedBEDAZZLED
- 55a Big-beaked tropical birdTOUCAN
- 57a One-named Brazilian soccer starPELE
- 58a “If you ask me ?,” to textersIMO
- 59a Camp sleeping spots ? or a hint to this puzzle’s circled lettersBUNKBEDS
- 61a Sci-fi writer IsaacASIMOV
- 63a Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.?APT
- 64a Tales of yoreLORE
- 65a Join in marriageUNITE
- 66a Lo-___ graphicsRES
- 67a One-named Grammy winner from IrelandENYA
- 68a ___ CottontailPETER
- Down
- 1d Wife of Abraham, in the BibleSARAH
- 2d “You ___ right!”ARESO
- 3d “Ridiculous!”ITSABSURD
- 4d “I’m kidding!!,” in “Wayne’s World”NOT
- 5d Artist Henri de ___-LautrecTOULOUSE
- 6d One who’s rotten from the startBADSEED
- 7d Singer Grande, to fansARI
- 8d Loch ___ monsterNESS
- 9d Opera great EnricoCARUSO
- 10d Sluglike “Star Wars” crime bossJABBA
- 11d On ___ (looking great, in slang)FLEEK
- 12d Colonial-era pirate captainKIDD
- 17d Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor)PIBB
- 19d Orchestral woodwindOBOE
- 22d Be on the waneEBB
- 25d Crash-investigating org.NTSB
- 26d Turning point in W.W. IIDDAY
- 29d When doubled, an African flyTSE
- 30d But, brieflyTHO
- 31d Like a ripe strawberryRED
- 33d Re-election restrictionTERMLIMIT
- 34d Many a Wordsworth poemODE
- 35d Pea holderPOD
- 37d Part of a barbecue rackRIB
- 38d Ernest in the Country Music Hall of FameTUBB
- 40d Suddenly stops working, as an engineSEIZESUP
- 41d Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mateWALZ
- 44d Beyond the continental shelf, sayDEEPSEA
- 46d Comic actor Van DykeDICK
- 47d Lacking the capacityUNABLE
- 48d Prez before 10-AcrossDDE
- 49d “Deck the Halls” syllablesFALA
- 50d Two-door autoCOUPE
- 51d Outings for foxhoundsHUNTS
- 53d Show feelings onstageEMOTE
- 54d Capital of DelawareDOVER
- 55d Lift on the slopesTBAR
- 56d Like bright signs on the Las Vegas StripNEON
- 60d Funny in a subtle wayDRY
- 62d Suffix with Benedict or elephantINE