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NYT Crossword December 10 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, December 10 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1"___ been had!"4 lettersSee answer ›5Shoo away, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›11Thunderbolt wielder4 lettersSee answer ›15First name in daring jumps4 lettersSee answer ›16City NE of Olympia6 lettersSee answer ›17Familiar with the tricks of4 lettersSee answer ›18Emulates a dog around the family dinner table4 lettersSee answer ›19Like voice mail messages, for example11 lettersSee answer ›21Red "Inside Out" character5 lettersSee answer ›23OUT OF ORDER! PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE!7 lettersSee answer ›24J.F.K. Library architect3 lettersSee answer ›25Verbal hesitations3 lettersSee answer ›27"No ___!"5 lettersSee answer ›31Like some boarding school attire6 lettersSee answer ›33Green dispensaries?4 lettersSee answer ›37Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role3 lettersSee answer ›38Bit of condensation4 lettersSee answer ›39Type of flooded field9 lettersSee answer ›42Protected lands for plants and animals14 lettersSee answer ›44OUT OF ORDER! USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!9 lettersSee answer ›45One who is acting?4 lettersSee answer ›46Corp. money bigwig3 lettersSee answer ›47Some pearls of wisdom4 lettersSee answer ›48Third-party holding6 lettersSee answer ›51Used to have5 lettersSee answer ›54___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader3 lettersSee answer ›55Time piece?3 lettersSee answer ›56Hole in the wall7 lettersSee answer ›61Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim"5 lettersSee answer ›63Love poem opener11 lettersSee answer ›67Article of pool equipment4 lettersSee answer ›68Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"4 lettersSee answer ›69OUT OF ORDER! USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD!6 lettersSee answer ›70Corn container4 lettersSee answer ›71Release steam4 lettersSee answer ›72Diocese assemblies6 lettersSee answer ›73Final boss in the game God of War4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Software accessed via an online browser6 lettersSee answer ›2Game-tying goal6 lettersSee answer ›3Healthier version of a breakfast side dish11 lettersSee answer ›4"Or ___ what?"4 lettersSee answer ›5Longtime NASCAR sponsor3 lettersSee answer ›6Alters the shape of5 lettersSee answer ›7Dell competitor4 lettersSee answer ›8Singer Amos4 lettersSee answer ›9"You can say that again!"4 lettersSee answer ›10Sensitivity4 lettersSee answer ›11Secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega5 lettersSee answer ›12Ax, so to speak3 lettersSee answer ›13Beehive State athlete3 lettersSee answer ›14Grassy section3 lettersSee answer ›20Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short3 lettersSee answer ›22Performer of the 1992 dance song "Supermodel (You Better Work)"6 lettersSee answer ›26Greek figures with multiple heads6 lettersSee answer ›28Status of 23-, 44- and 69-Across, as indicated by their clues and placement in the grid11 lettersSee answer ›29Trampoline mats4 lettersSee answer ›30Elf product3 lettersSee answer ›32Org. opposed to "speciesism"4 lettersSee answer ›33Common street sign symbol5 lettersSee answer ›34Several things in a pagoda5 lettersSee answer ›35Party starters, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›36Sowing machine6 lettersSee answer ›40"To your health!," in Germany6 lettersSee answer ›41___ gaz (carbonated: Fr.)4 lettersSee answer ›42[Don't open this at the office!]4 lettersSee answer ›43One of four rhyming letters3 lettersSee answer ›44Modern prefix with village3 lettersSee answer ›49"The Matrix" character, with "the"6 lettersSee answer ›50Nuts6 lettersSee answer ›52Standing5 lettersSee answer ›53Aachen article3 lettersSee answer ›54"There is more to life than increasing its ___": Gandhi5 lettersSee answer ›57Some needle work, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›58"Community" character played by Donald Glover4 lettersSee answer ›59Apt letters missing from _ _stra_ _4 lettersSee answer ›60Songwriter Guthrie4 lettersSee answer ›62___ Minor4 lettersSee answer ›63Fire up3 lettersSee answer ›64Prize that a prospector pries3 lettersSee answer ›65Sloth, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›66Some N.F.L. linemen3 lettersSee answer ›