New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/26/2025. The December 26 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 DawdlerSLOWPOKE
- 9a Cuts shortABORTS
- 15a Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoonMONEYBAG
- 16a KitschLOWART
- 17a Doing some theater workUSHERING
- 18a Cracked wheat used in tabboulehBULGUR
- 19a One whose beauty is on the insideGEODE
- 20a Whole kit and caboodleGAMUT
- 22a ___-Latin (like some modern coinages)NEO
- 23a Plant that’s toxic to catsLILY
- 24a Some babysittersNANAS
- 25a A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated)CALL
- 26a Since Jan. 1, on a pay stubYTD
- 27a Tuesday, in FrenchMARDI
- 28a Song commonly performed outdoorsCAROL
- 29a Food that can be prepared de canastaTACOS
- 30a ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season)SHROVE
- 31a One toeing the line?TIGHTROPEWALKER
- 35a IndividuallyAPIECE
- 36a EditorializeOPINE
- 37a Overly self-assertiveBRASH
- 38a Like a good sponge cakeMOIST
- 39a Down Under bird that scientists are working to “de-extinct”MOA
- 42a Singular, with or without its first letterLONE
- 43a Origin story family in DC ComicsKENTS
- 44a FacilityGIFT
- 45a Certain care provider, for shortEMT
- 46a Re-fresh?RETRO
- 47a It might be marked with an XPORNO
- 48a Linked (with)TIEDIN
- 50a DriveAMBITION
- 52a Harden and become resistant to changeOSSIFY
- 53a Life partner, perhaps?CELLMATE
- 54a Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo FrancoPESETA
- 55a Treated with respectESTEEMED
- Down
- 1d How a supervillain might bragSMUGLY
- 2d FlipLOSEIT
- 3d Waiting for support, maybeONHOLD
- 4d Like untended plotsWEEDY
- 5d Funeral ___PYRE
- 6d Broad band?OBI
- 7d Royal Australian Air Force insigniaKANGAROO
- 8d Competition that combines speed with balanceEGGANDSPOONRACE
- 9d Professor DumbledoreALBUS
- 10d ContestBOUT
- 11d Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___OWL
- 12d The world’s end, in Norse mythologyRAGNAROK
- 13d Mr. or Ms. RightTRUELOVE
- 14d Baby sitter?STROLLER
- 21d Half of a classic rum cocktail’s nameMAI
- 24d Component of a nautilus shellNACRE
- 25d Eric who wrote and illustrated “Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me”CARLE
- 27d Stick by a fireplaceMATCH
- 28d MantraCHANT
- 29d Nearby thingsTHESE
- 30d Like the pope’s guardsSWISS
- 31d Area on which to eat or play cardsTABLETOP
- 32d “You can absolutely count on me”IPROMISE
- 33d Figure in sci-fi’s “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,” e.g.GIANTESS
- 34d Great illustrationsEPITOMES
- 38d ConnectedMET
- 39d Sister of MosesMIRIAM
- 40d Worth consideringOFNOTE
- 41d Made upATONED
- 43d Nation dubbed the “cradle of mankind”KENYA
- 44d “Understood?”GOTME
- 46d Big breakRIFT
- 47d Stack (up)PILE
- 49d Casting needDIE
- 51d Short diner orderBLT