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NYT Crossword December 18 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Thursday, December 18 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1"We're the best!," e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›6Lengthy pitch5 lettersSee answer ›11Web access co.3 lettersSee answer ›14Mushroom in ramen5 lettersSee answer ›15Trunks5 lettersSee answer ›16Platoon sgt., e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›17Feats performed on knights' quests11 lettersSee answer ›19"Platoon" setting, for short3 lettersSee answer ›20___ tight3 lettersSee answer ›21Dig in3 lettersSee answer ›22Appropriate inappropriately5 lettersSee answer ›24Go off on6 lettersSee answer ›27Bear with a message6 lettersSee answer ›29"Colorful" Atlantic Coast Conference team12 lettersSee answer ›32Helpful5 lettersSee answer ›35Some radar blips4 lettersSee answer ›36Reveal private data of, in modern lingo3 lettersSee answer ›37Mama's mama4 lettersSee answer ›38Jake's love in "The Sun Also Rises"5 lettersSee answer ›40Bit of aerial arts equipment4 lettersSee answer ›41Word with ball or card3 lettersSee answer ›42Lake ___, body formerly known as Lac du Chat4 lettersSee answer ›43Botch5 lettersSee answer ›44Follow-up to an oath12 lettersSee answer ›48Fluid for a lighter6 lettersSee answer ›49Crosses off6 lettersSee answer ›52Get schooled5 lettersSee answer ›53Volleyball team count3 lettersSee answer ›54OK signal3 lettersSee answer ›56Off-line, online3 lettersSee answer ›57Point at the wrong person11 lettersSee answer ›62The time of one's life?3 lettersSee answer ›63He said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it"5 lettersSee answer ›64Smooth transition5 lettersSee answer ›65Visibly embarrassed3 lettersSee answer ›66Alley components5 lettersSee answer ›67Preserved, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Some queens4 lettersSee answer ›2Live5 lettersSee answer ›3It comes from the heart5 lettersSee answer ›4Glide down a piste3 lettersSee answer ›5___ soldier3 lettersSee answer ›6Levels6 lettersSee answer ›7One versed in verse4 lettersSee answer ›8Agcy. that takes many forms3 lettersSee answer ›9Title for a J.D.3 lettersSee answer ›10Spirits7 lettersSee answer ›11"That's what she said" and others9 lettersSee answer ›12Beyond impressive, informally9 lettersSee answer ›13Ceremony4 lettersSee answer ›18One of several in a watch4 lettersSee answer ›23Caribbean music genre3 lettersSee answer ›25Rae of "Insecure"4 lettersSee answer ›26NaOH3 lettersSee answer ›27About 35,000 for the Taj Mahal: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›28No longer relevant4 lettersSee answer ›30___ Nation (activist organization since 1990)5 lettersSee answer ›31Fair4 lettersSee answer ›32T.H. White's "The ___ and Future King"4 lettersSee answer ›33Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g.9 lettersSee answer ›34In a class by oneself9 lettersSee answer ›38___ Mawr4 lettersSee answer ›39Teeming (with)4 lettersSee answer ›40Greeting from Kermit4 lettersSee answer ›42Name that sounds like a computer guidebook7 lettersSee answer ›43Hosts, for short3 lettersSee answer ›45N.F.L. div.3 lettersSee answer ›46Lives6 lettersSee answer ›47Coming right up4 lettersSee answer ›50Eel, at a sushi bar5 lettersSee answer ›51"Ratatouille" topper5 lettersSee answer ›52Fabrication expert4 lettersSee answer ›53"I guess so"4 lettersSee answer ›55Barred from competing, for short4 lettersSee answer ›58Trail Blazers' grp.3 lettersSee answer ›59"Severance" actress Tullock3 lettersSee answer ›60Microdosing drug3 lettersSee answer ›61"Quit ___ yappin'!"3 lettersSee answer ›