New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 12/05/2025. The December 05 2025 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Home to Kotoka International AirportGHANA
- 6a Many a wearer of a long robe called a thawbSAUDI
- 11a Can’t-miss purchases?SEASONTICKETS
- 14a Words of cautionDONTPOKETHEBEAR
- 16a ThresholdEVE
- 17a Ties upENLACES
- 18a Coastal waterwayRIA
- 19a UpRISEN
- 21a Subject of the Bouguereau painting “The Abduction of Psyche”EROS
- 22a Colombian city of 2+ millionCALI
- 23a Dutch artist Jan van der ___MEER
- 24a CurtailSTEM
- 25a Stick in an orchestraBATON
- 26a Spot likely to smearATTACKAD
- 28a They aren’t party peopleLONERS
- 29a Cut, as with a box cutterSLIT
- 30a “Fun-size”MINI
- 31a Film with the tagline “Someone has taken their love for scary movies one step too far”SCREAM
- 34a Words of retaliationTAKETHAT
- 38a Word with fire or falseALARM
- 39a Hotel listingRATE
- 40a One and the otherBOTH
- 41a Big name in chip productionLAYS
- 42a BundlePILE
- 43a Sauce whose name derives from the Italian word for “crush”PESTO
- 44a RefugeARK
- 45a Where much of “Brokeback Mountain” was filmedALBERTA
- 47a It’s perfectTEN
- 48a “Might as well give it a shot …”HEREGOESNOTHING
- 51a Age at which you just learned something you should have realized before, facetiouslyTODAYYEARSOLD
- 52a Something blocked by censorsCURSE
- 53a 1944 Pacific battle siteLEYTE
- Down
- 1d What clones shareGENESET
- 2d It might be on a rackHAT
- 3d Ski town that shares its name with a treeASPEN
- 4d “High” timeNOON
- 5d Image that’s just over a foot, informallyANKLETAT
- 6d “Arrested Development,” e.g.SITCOM
- 7d PinesACHES
- 8d Relatives of banjolelesUKES
- 9d Nebraska senator FischerDEB
- 10d RepeatITERATE
- 11d Council, in RussianSOVIET
- 12d Got mistyTEARED
- 13d Sea shanty singerSAILOR
- 14d Skin layer with hair folliclesDERMA
- 15d Show stoppers, sometimesRAINS
- 20d Items on many a back-to-school supply listERASERS
- 22d “Is this possible?!?”CANITBE
- 24d Take a little off the topSKIM
- 25d Dog treatBONE
- 27d Silent sortCLAM
- 28d FancyLIKE
- 30d Kind of instinctMATERNAL
- 31d Mohamed ___, Egyptian soccer starSALAH
- 32d Shade of redCLARET
- 33d Big name in fast foodRAYKROC
- 34d “Honor Thy Father” writer, 1971TALESE
- 35d ArgumentativeHOSTILE
- 36d Get toATTEND
- 37d Minimal coverage provider?THONG
- 39d Hearty steakhouse servingRIBEYE
- 42d TricksPLOYS
- 43d Unwitting markPATSY
- 45d Thickening agent found in many vegan recipesAGAR
- 46d RacedTORE
- 49d Dot follower in academiaEDU
- 50d SpicyHOT