New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/25/2025. The December 25 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 Response to discovering the theme of a crosswordAHA
- 4a Dashing through the ___ …SNOW
- 8a Foam on a seashoreSURF
- 12a One who runs, informallyPOL
- 13a Possible base for a Caesar saladKALE
- 14a Of helpUTILE
- 16a DawdleLOLLYGAG
- 18a Some anxious behavior on one’s feetPACING
- 20a Stew (over)OBSESS
- 21a In a ___ open sleigh …ONEHORSE
- 23a Where Bart Simpson directs his prank callsMOES
- 24a Buffet stand vesselURN
- 25a Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr.TUE
- 26a One way to take a bullBYTHEHORNS
- 31a Old dagger carried by Scottish HighlandersDIRK
- 32a Michael of “Barbie”CERA
- 33a Hits from the side, informallyTBONES
- 35a First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film careerRICHARDHARRIS
- 39a StretchPERIOD
- 40a Letter after three consecutive rhyming lettersIOTA
- 41a Right-eous path?EAST
- 42a Footwear for a bride, perhapsWHITEHEELS
- 48a JFK or EWR alternativeLGA
- 49a Cable lead-in to TVTRU
- 50a Jump in skatesAXEL
- 51a What’s seen “all the way” through this puzzle?LAUGHING
- 54a Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight OlympicsLOCHTE
- 56a “All that being said …”ANDYET
- 57a AdoBROUHAHA
- 59a “Yes ___!”SIREE
- 60a Something typed in this field: YYYYYEAR
- 61a Fashion designer LangeLIZ
- 62a Many a vacation packageTOUR
- 63a Transcript ruinersEFFS
- 64a ___ pop (hybrid music genre)EMO
- Down
- 1d ChillnessAPLOMB
- 2d “Oh me, oh my!”HOOBOY
- 3d Ready to goALLSET
- 4d “___ the Limit” (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.)SKYS
- 5d Horses studied by toutsNAGS
- 6d Portuguese greetingOLA
- 7d O’er the fields ___ …WEGO
- 8d Eurasia or Oceania, in “1984”SUPERSTATE
- 9d Like many MormonsUTAHN
- 10d The “R” of P.R.RICO
- 11d Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on “Sex and the City”FLIRTINI
- 15d Sews upENSURES
- 17d Phil of the Grateful DeadLESH
- 19d Uber-enthusiastsGEEKS
- 22d Someone who might ask “Mother, may I?”NUN
- 27d Zoom call issueECHO
- 28d “S.N.L.” V.I.P.HEADWRITER
- 29d Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in “Catch-22”ORR
- 30d Sides of pie slices, essentiallyRADII
- 31d Ballon ___ (soccer star’s award)DOR
- 34d Slangy “dude”BRAH
- 35d White House family of the 1980sREAGANS
- 36d Tax dodger’s fearIRSAUDIT
- 37d Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.)CIT
- 38d Very inHOT
- 39d Big name in windows and doorsPELLA
- 43d Raider in times pastHUN
- 44d A personEACH
- 45d Go “Phew!,” sayEXHALE
- 46d “He has my permission”LETHIM
- 47d Total slimeballSLEAZO
- 49d Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flagTHEEU
- 52d Halal cart offeringGYRO
- 53d Elided farewellGBYE
- 54d Do pretty much nothingLOAF
- 55d Between you and meOURS
- 58d At whom you might yell “Are we watching the same game?!”REF