New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/18/2025. The December 18 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a “We’re the best!,” e.g.BOAST
- 6a Lengthy pitchSPIEL
- 11a Web access co.ISP
- 14a Mushroom in ramenENOKI
- 15a TrunksTORSI
- 16a Platoon sgt., e.g.NCO
- 17a Feats performed on knights’ questsDARINGRESQQ
- 19a “Platoon” setting, for shortNAM
- 20a ___ tightSIT
- 21a Dig inEAT
- 22a Appropriate inappropriatelyUSURP
- 24a Go off onRAILAT
- 27a Bear with a messageSMOKEY
- 29a “Colorful” Atlantic Coast Conference teamSYRAQQORANGE
- 32a HelpfulOFUSE
- 35a Some radar blipsUFOS
- 36a Reveal private data of, in modern lingoDOX
- 37a Mama’s mamaNANA
- 38a Jake’s love in “The Sun Also Rises”BRETT
- 40a Bit of aerial arts equipmentHOOP
- 41a Word with ball or cardCUE
- 42a Lake ___, body formerly known as Lac du ChatERIE
- 43a BotchMISDO
- 44a Follow-up to an oathEXQQMYFRENCH
- 48a Fluid for a lighterBUTANE
- 49a Crosses offXESOUT
- 52a Get schooledLEARN
- 53a Volleyball team countSIX
- 54a OK signalNOD
- 56a Off-line, onlineIRL
- 57a Point at the wrong personUNJUSTLYAQQ
- 62a The time of one’s life?AGE
- 63a He said “Every great film should seem new every time you see it”EBERT
- 64a Smooth transitionSEGUE
- 65a Visibly embarrassedRED
- 66a Alley componentsLANES
- 67a Preserved, in a wayDRIED
- Down
- 1d Some queensBEDS
- 2d LiveONAIR
- 3d It comes from the heartAORTA
- 4d Glide down a pisteSKI
- 5d ___ soldierTIN
- 6d LevelsSTRATA
- 7d One versed in versePOET
- 8d Agcy. that takes many formsIRS
- 9d Title for a J.D.ESQ
- 10d SpiritsLIQUORS
- 11d “That’s what she said” and othersINNUENDOS
- 12d Beyond impressive, informallySCARYGOOD
- 13d CeremonyPOMP
- 18d One of several in a watchGEAR
- 23d Caribbean music genreSKA
- 25d Rae of “Insecure”ISSA
- 26d NaOHLYE
- 27d About 35,000 for the Taj Mahal: Abbr.SQFT
- 28d No longer relevantMOOT
- 30d ___ Nation (activist organization since 1990)QUEER
- 31d FairEXPO
- 32d T.H. White’s “The ___ and Future King”ONCE
- 33d Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g.FAUXBERGE
- 34d In a class by oneselfUNEQUALED
- 38d ___ MawrBRYN
- 39d Teeming (with)RIFE
- 40d Greeting from KermitHIHO
- 42d Name that sounds like a computer guidebookEMANUEL
- 43d Hosts, for shortMCS
- 45d N.F.L. div.QTR
- 46d LivesEXISTS
- 47d Coming right upNEXT
- 50d Eel, at a sushi barUNAGI
- 51d “Ratatouille” topperTOQUE
- 52d Fabrication expertLIAR
- 53d “I guess so”SURE
- 55d Barred from competing, for shortDQED
- 58d Trail Blazers’ grp.NBA
- 59d “Severance” actress TullockJEN
- 60d Microdosing drugLSD
- 61d “Quit ___ yappin’!”YER