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NYT Crossword December 17 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, December 17 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Lock combinations?5 lettersSee answer ›6___ League4 lettersSee answer ›10Single instruction4 lettersSee answer ›14Enemy W.W. II vessel5 lettersSee answer ›15Turner of old movies4 lettersSee answer ›16Powerful impulse4 lettersSee answer ›17Group of grumps sitting around kvetching?10 lettersSee answer ›19Elmer's nemesis4 lettersSee answer ›20Meeting, casually4 lettersSee answer ›21A smartphone has lots of these4 lettersSee answer ›22Centerpiece of "The Hobbit"5 lettersSee answer ›23Community property pronoun3 lettersSee answer ›25Like barked orders4 lettersSee answer ›26Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.?15 lettersSee answer ›34Genre for GloRilla3 lettersSee answer ›35Official mandate6 lettersSee answer ›36Fellow fighter4 lettersSee answer ›37Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana"5 lettersSee answer ›39Mardi Gras day, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›40Works on a muffler, say5 lettersSee answer ›41Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop4 lettersSee answer ›42See 50-Down6 lettersSee answer ›44To and ___3 lettersSee answer ›45Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?15 lettersSee answer ›48Poindexter4 lettersSee answer ›49TV freebie of a sort3 lettersSee answer ›50Easter Island's country5 lettersSee answer ›52Dark-skinned fruit4 lettersSee answer ›55Pieces of advice4 lettersSee answer ›59Primordial substance4 lettersSee answer ›60Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across10 lettersSee answer ›62Takes a tour of4 lettersSee answer ›63Compassionate4 lettersSee answer ›64Terra ___5 lettersSee answer ›65Does the math, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›66Pot grower?4 lettersSee answer ›67H, on the N.Y.S.E.5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Tarot suit associated with the element of water4 lettersSee answer ›2Yamaha product4 lettersSee answer ›3What makes a stud become studious?4 lettersSee answer ›4Fully get6 lettersSee answer ›5Hog's home3 lettersSee answer ›6"That's a real shame"4 lettersSee answer ›7Steakhouse order4 lettersSee answer ›8Marchers in sidewalk cracks4 lettersSee answer ›9Howl at the moon3 lettersSee answer ›10Chevy S.U.V.8 lettersSee answer ›11Authentic10 lettersSee answer ›12Ones from platypuses have leathery shells4 lettersSee answer ›13Fly by night ... or by day4 lettersSee answer ›18Compact holder5 lettersSee answer ›22Neighbor of Ont.3 lettersSee answer ›24Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›25Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchor3 lettersSee answer ›26Food you might eat wearing a bib5 lettersSee answer ›27Overplay for the audience5 lettersSee answer ›28Was the bigger person, say10 lettersSee answer ›29Follow, as advice5 lettersSee answer ›30Have faith in5 lettersSee answer ›31Canines, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›32Mega-5 lettersSee answer ›33Big name in chicken or boxing5 lettersSee answer ›381990s comedy inspired by "Emma"8 lettersSee answer ›40"Get Smart" bad guys4 lettersSee answer ›42Suffix with beat or neat3 lettersSee answer ›43Throw off5 lettersSee answer ›46Stick in the ground?3 lettersSee answer ›47Just about anything on a string6 lettersSee answer ›50With 42-Across, the Mafia4 lettersSee answer ›51Cultivated, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›52Start a turn in Twister4 lettersSee answer ›53Time to do without4 lettersSee answer ›54Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers")4 lettersSee answer ›56Minuscule amount4 lettersSee answer ›57Short stroke4 lettersSee answer ›58Batting avg., e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›60Rocksteady relative3 lettersSee answer ›61"___ bin ein Berliner"3 lettersSee answer ›