New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/17/2025. The December 17 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 Lock combinations?COIFS
- 6a ___ LeagueARAB
- 10a Single instructionSTEP
- 14a Enemy W.W. II vesselUBOAT
- 15a Turner of old moviesLANA
- 16a Powerful impulseURGE
- 17a Group of grumps sitting around kvetching?POUTYPARTY
- 19a Elmer’s nemesisBUGS
- 20a Meeting, casuallySESH
- 21a A smartphone has lots of theseUSES
- 22a Centerpiece of “The Hobbit”QUEST
- 23a Community property pronounOUR
- 25a Like barked ordersCURT
- 26a Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.?CHAMPSATTHEBOUT
- 34a Genre for GloRillaRAP
- 35a Official mandateDECREE
- 36a Fellow fighterALLY
- 37a Brand once known as “Standard Oil Company of Indiana”AMOCO
- 39a Mardi Gras day, in briefTUE
- 40a Works on a muffler, sayKNITS
- 41a Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shopBULL
- 42a See 50-DownNOSTRA
- 44a To and ___FRO
- 45a Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?SPOUTINTHEOCEAN
- 48a PoindexterGEEK
- 49a TV freebie of a sortPSA
- 50a Easter Island’s countryCHILE
- 52a Dark-skinned fruitSLOE
- 55a Pieces of adviceTIPS
- 59a Primordial substanceOOZE
- 60a Painstakingly explain something … or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-AcrossSPELLITOUT
- 62a Takes a tour ofSEES
- 63a CompassionateKIND
- 64a Terra ___COTTA
- 65a Does the math, in a wayADDS
- 66a Pot grower?ANTE
- 67a H, on the N.Y.S.E.HYATT
- Down
- 1d Tarot suit associated with the element of waterCUPS
- 2d Yamaha productOBOE
- 3d What makes a stud become studious?IOUS
- 4d Fully getFATHOM
- 5d Hog’s homeSTY
- 6d “That’s a real shame”ALAS
- 7d Steakhouse orderRARE
- 8d Marchers in sidewalk cracksANTS
- 9d Howl at the moonBAY
- 10d Chevy S.U.V.SUBURBAN
- 11d AuthenticTRUETOLIFE
- 12d Ones from platypuses have leathery shellsEGGS
- 13d Fly by night … or by dayPEST
- 18d Compact holderPURSE
- 22d Neighbor of Ont.QUE
- 24d Red carpet hairstyle, perhapsUPDO
- 25d Jost’s longtime “Weekend Update” co-anchorCHE
- 26d Food you might eat wearing a bibCRABS
- 27d Overplay for the audienceHAMUP
- 28d Was the bigger person, sayAPOLOGIZED
- 29d Follow, as adviceACTON
- 30d Have faith inTRUST
- 31d Canines, e.g.TEETH
- 32d Mega-ULTRA
- 33d Big name in chicken or boxingTYSON
- 38d 1990s comedy inspired by “Emma”CLUELESS
- 40d “Get Smart” bad guysKAOS
- 42d Suffix with beat or neatNIK
- 43d Throw offREPEL
- 46d Stick in the ground?TEE
- 47d Just about anything on a stringCATTOY
- 50d With 42-Across, the MafiaCOSA
- 51d Cultivated, in a wayHOED
- 52d Start a turn in TwisterSPIN
- 53d Time to do withoutLENT
- 54d Gary’s ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on “Cheers”)OLDE
- 56d Minuscule amountIOTA
- 57d Short strokePUTT
- 58d Batting avg., e.g.STAT
- 60d Rocksteady relativeSKA
- 61d “___ bin ein Berliner”ICH