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NYT Crossword December 14 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, December 14 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Zachary Edward-Brown and John Kugelman · Edited by Will Shortz · “Change Locations”

Across

1Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns5 lettersSee answer ›6Something fun to take out for a spin3 lettersSee answer ›9Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short3 lettersSee answer ›12Parts of a hand5 lettersSee answer ›17Irritate5 lettersSee answer ›18Recaps7 lettersSee answer ›20Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail6 lettersSee answer ›21False alarm announcement?13 lettersSee answer ›23Jedi-in-training7 lettersSee answer ›24Sensible7 lettersSee answer ›25TV host Brzezinski4 lettersSee answer ›26#1 choice, in slang4 lettersSee answer ›27"No ___, ands or buts!"3 lettersSee answer ›28Pollution-fighting org.3 lettersSee answer ›29"Game of Thrones" actor Gillen5 lettersSee answer ›31River that borders the Black Forest5 lettersSee answer ›33"Render ___ Caesar …"4 lettersSee answer ›34Major coin producer10 lettersSee answer ›37Viking I or II10 lettersSee answer ›39Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space5 lettersSee answer ›40Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance"5 lettersSee answer ›41They turn red litmus paper blue5 lettersSee answer ›42First chimpanzee to orbit Earth4 lettersSee answer ›43Football blocker?7 lettersSee answer ›46Hair-raising stuff3 lettersSee answer ›47Remodel and resell some real estate10 lettersSee answer ›49Marching band tempo setters9 lettersSee answer ›54Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"3 lettersSee answer ›55Season to enjoy une glace3 lettersSee answer ›56Ruler before 19174 lettersSee answer ›58"Black-ish" airer3 lettersSee answer ›59It's a numbers game4 lettersSee answer ›60Clothing for SWAT teams5 lettersSee answer ›62"The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles4 lettersSee answer ›64Puff piece?4 lettersSee answer ›66Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys5 lettersSee answer ›67Plant watcher, for short4 lettersSee answer ›68Camera type, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›69Site of some Santa sightings4 lettersSee answer ›71Longtime record label of Elvis Presley3 lettersSee answer ›73911 responder3 lettersSee answer ›74"Hilarious!"9 lettersSee answer ›77"I mean, kind of ..."10 lettersSee answer ›80"Don't give up!"3 lettersSee answer ›81¬ or ~, in logic7 lettersSee answer ›83Beat poet ___ Cassady4 lettersSee answer ›84Like some milk, idiomatically5 lettersSee answer ›87___ on the past5 lettersSee answer ›88Indication of bad service5 lettersSee answer ›90"Much obliged"10 lettersSee answer ›92Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it)10 lettersSee answer ›97Bundled up4 lettersSee answer ›98Articles are written in this5 lettersSee answer ›99Brand name for naproxen5 lettersSee answer ›100___ Miss3 lettersSee answer ›101Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors3 lettersSee answer ›102Drink known also as "honey wine"4 lettersSee answer ›103Frosty4 lettersSee answer ›105Subject of Newton's first law7 lettersSee answer ›108Enjoying a soak7 lettersSee answer ›1101980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain?13 lettersSee answer ›112Fundamental rules of math6 lettersSee answer ›113Loopy writing7 lettersSee answer ›114Star pitcher?5 lettersSee answer ›115"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker5 lettersSee answer ›116Letters for an unscheduled event3 lettersSee answer ›117Prefix with natal3 lettersSee answer ›118Like a bubble bath5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Surveyed, with "out"6 lettersSee answer ›2Early track star Jim6 lettersSee answer ›3Resident of Honolulu, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›4Touchless payment tech4 lettersSee answer ›5Internet ___4 lettersSee answer ›6Cheat on, in a way7 lettersSee answer ›7Surgery sites, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›8Video game character with an endless appetite6 lettersSee answer ›9Be in a chat room but not chat4 lettersSee answer ›10Soldiers with long arms8 lettersSee answer ›11Alternative to the euro, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›12Relinquish4 lettersSee answer ›13Director DuVernay3 lettersSee answer ›14Turns back the clock, maybe?7 lettersSee answer ›15Opposite of volunteer7 lettersSee answer ›16Parts of many robots in robot-sumo7 lettersSee answer ›19Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang5 lettersSee answer ›20"Gaspard de la Nuit" composer5 lettersSee answer ›22Addresses angrily8 lettersSee answer ›23Variety of violet5 lettersSee answer ›26Urban safety hazard8 lettersSee answer ›30Australia's largest carnivorous mammal5 lettersSee answer ›32Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994)5 lettersSee answer ›33Dissimilar7 lettersSee answer ›35Part of a legendary boast4 lettersSee answer ›36Skips all the ceremony?6 lettersSee answer ›38The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"4 lettersSee answer ›40What might be made while clasping one's hands4 lettersSee answer ›42Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years6 lettersSee answer ›44Ballpark figure4 lettersSee answer ›45Kind of tea5 lettersSee answer ›46Sierra automaker3 lettersSee answer ›47Shylock's security5 lettersSee answer ›48Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times"5 lettersSee answer ›50Non-premium option in a rideshare app5 lettersSee answer ›51Gaming mogul Gabe6 lettersSee answer ›52Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond5 lettersSee answer ›53Put into piles, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›54Swear4 lettersSee answer ›57Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief5 lettersSee answer ›61Did some school reporting?7 lettersSee answer ›63Exceptionally hard timber8 lettersSee answer ›65Amy Winehouse, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›66Thumbprint alternative on iPhones6 lettersSee answer ›68Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›70Particularly particular4 lettersSee answer ›72Cafeterias8 lettersSee answer ›75Like many indie films4 lettersSee answer ›76Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad"5 lettersSee answer ›78He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie"5 lettersSee answer ›79Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo4 lettersSee answer ›82Where high schoolers work on their numbers?8 lettersSee answer ›84Starship's medical facility7 lettersSee answer ›85Ren faire prop akin to a halberd7 lettersSee answer ›86"Sign me up!"7 lettersSee answer ›87Hair-care item associated with Black culture5 lettersSee answer ›89Like YouTube offerings7 lettersSee answer ›91Commences5 lettersSee answer ›92Rough drafts?5 lettersSee answer ›93Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here"6 lettersSee answer ›94Like lowercase i's and j's6 lettersSee answer ›95Sci-fi sequel of 19866 lettersSee answer ›96Like soft rolls6 lettersSee answer ›102Wordless entertainment4 lettersSee answer ›104Other, to Octavio4 lettersSee answer ›106Brief announcements from a pilot4 lettersSee answer ›107___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)4 lettersSee answer ›109Like hell!3 lettersSee answer ›110Play a part, or part of a play3 lettersSee answer ›111Part of N.Y.E.3 lettersSee answer ›