New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/29/2025. The December 29 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 Life story, in briefBIO
- 4a The “S” of NASASPACE
- 9a Where Shrek livesSWAMP
- 14a KerfuffleADO
- 15a Outer limitsEDGES
- 16a They’re contained within booksPAGES
- 17a Is severely underpaidWORKSFORPEANUTS
- 20a Andean animal with a long neckLLAMA
- 21a Earth goddessGAIA
- 22a Condé ___ (magazine publisher)NAST
- 23a “Tsk! Tsk!”SHAME
- 25a Humorist BombeckERMA
- 27a Motown or RCARECORDLABEL
- 32a Particular placeSPOT
- 35a Stephen of “V for Vendetta”REA
- 36a Country that contains the southern slope of Mount EverestNEPAL
- 38a Chicago trainsELS
- 39a Seating area for 12 peersJURYBOX
- 42a Piece of Grubhub info, for shortETA
- 43a Stringed instrument that rests on the groundCELLO
- 45a Tin Man’s needOIL
- 46a Like the Mariana TrenchDEEP
- 47a Works that are heard rather than readBOOKSONTAPE
- 51a Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in “Little Women”BETH
- 52a Gives the axFIRES
- 55a Soaks (up)SOPS
- 58a Puppy soundsARFS
- 61a Fundamental beliefTENET
- 63a Description for an ideal partner ? or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create?THETOTALPACKAGE
- 66a Put on TVAIRED
- 67a Molars and caninesTEETH
- 68a Signal for an actor to go onstageCUE
- 69a Pumpkin, e.g.GOURD
- 70a “Alas …”SADLY
- 71a TV’s “___ Lasso”TED
- Down
- 1d Cry like a babyBAWL
- 2d Admired figuresIDOLS
- 3d Battle cry of the U.S. Marine CorpsOORAH
- 4d Kind of bagelSESAME
- 5d Many a PC filePDF
- 6d Really eagerAGOG
- 7d Actor Michael of “Arrested Development”CERA
- 8d Caught sight ofESPIED
- 9d Place to be pamperedSPA
- 10d 1996 #1 hit for the Spice GirlsWANNABE
- 11d Water, in ColombiaAGUA
- 12d Team that plays at Citi FieldMETS
- 13d “Over here!”PSST
- 18d Onetime retail chain giantKMART
- 19d ___ Grey teaEARL
- 24d Very light brownECRU
- 26d Tail-less catMANX
- 28d Above, in poetryOER
- 29d Synthetic fiberRAYON
- 30d Fencing swordEPEE
- 31d Not on timeLATE
- 32d “Gimme a ___!”SEC
- 33d CommonerPLEB
- 34d Norway’s capitalOSLO
- 37d Two lengths of a poolLAP
- 39d What a punch line may endJOKE
- 40d Part of a drill assembly or comedy routineBIT
- 41d “Frozen” snowmanOLAF
- 44d Seafood with clawsLOBSTER
- 46d Jeter in the Baseball Hall of FameDEREK
- 48d Rushing yards, e.g., informallySTAT
- 49d “Well, dang it!”OHRATS
- 50d Slightly out of tunePITCHY
- 53d Put into lawENACT
- 54d Move smoothly to another topicSEGUE
- 55d Without a dateSTAG
- 56d River past CincinnatiOHIO
- 57d Lima’s landPERU
- 59d Tiny canine pestFLEA
- 60d Drove over the legal limitSPED
- 62d Ticked (off)TEED
- 64d PeculiarODD
- 65d The Falcons, on a scoreboardATL