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NYT Crossword December 19 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, December 19 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Hemant Mehta · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Fashion designer Schiaparelli4 lettersSee answer ›5Boomer playing in a band8 lettersSee answer ›13Things that may be connected4 lettersSee answer ›142023 musical with a Tony for Best Choreography9 lettersSee answer ›15Some arthritis4 lettersSee answer ›16Climbed without ropes10 lettersSee answer ›17Fire in one's belly8 lettersSee answer ›19Old money, for short?3 lettersSee answer ›20Jewish honorific3 lettersSee answer ›21They work around the clock5 lettersSee answer ›23Big Apple athlete5 lettersSee answer ›27Home ___5 lettersSee answer ›29Summer Olympics event4 lettersSee answer ›31Gram alternative3 lettersSee answer ›32Trusted one, typically5 lettersSee answer ›33Mr. Right, e.g.9 lettersSee answer ›35Silver of the Silver Bulletin4 lettersSee answer ›36Deduce5 lettersSee answer ›37L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights activist Windsor4 lettersSee answer ›38Suddenly kicks the bucket9 lettersSee answer ›40Go viral5 lettersSee answer ›41"Opportunity," per Henry Wadsworth Longfellow3 lettersSee answer ›42Introductory dissection subject4 lettersSee answer ›43Plane on a diamond5 lettersSee answer ›44___ Hadley, "Clever Girl" novelist5 lettersSee answer ›46Certain put-back shot5 lettersSee answer ›48Golden ratio symbol3 lettersSee answer ›50Rx dosages3 lettersSee answer ›52Extend8 lettersSee answer ›54Their talent may not be as important as their last names10 lettersSee answer ›58Awed reactions4 lettersSee answer ›59One who enjoys the high C's?9 lettersSee answer ›60Slow ___ (response from the unamused)4 lettersSee answer ›61Disparities studied by economists8 lettersSee answer ›62High-fat diet, informally4 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Annual mystery award5 lettersSee answer ›2Had an outsize presence11 lettersSee answer ›3They may recently have been in a jam11 lettersSee answer ›4Prosecco relative4 lettersSee answer ›5Results of some remarriages15 lettersSee answer ›6Yard sale?3 lettersSee answer ›7Afirmativa enfática4 lettersSee answer ›8Swim with the fishes?7 lettersSee answer ›9Larry ___, longtime owner of the Cleveland Guardians5 lettersSee answer ›10Grande opening?3 lettersSee answer ›11Fair ___ (concept in copyright law)3 lettersSee answer ›12Kind of school3 lettersSee answer ›14Wrinkle remover4 lettersSee answer ›16Diktat4 lettersSee answer ›18Repeated role for Chris Hemsworth4 lettersSee answer ›22Word with dating or skating5 lettersSee answer ›24Bad place to be while gambling11 lettersSee answer ›25Fictional companion of Thing One and Thing Two11 lettersSee answer ›26Hit below the belt, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›28Easter basket treat4 lettersSee answer ›30Pitch catcher?3 lettersSee answer ›32Wrap up by5 lettersSee answer ›33Like He and Xe5 lettersSee answer ›34Windy City exchange, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›36Altar-ed statement?3 lettersSee answer ›39Expo take-home7 lettersSee answer ›40Zesty flavor4 lettersSee answer ›43Parts of submarines also known as fairwaters4 lettersSee answer ›45D.I.Y. dessert item5 lettersSee answer ›47Pressure source4 lettersSee answer ›49Source of motivation, informally5 lettersSee answer ›51It's a long story4 lettersSee answer ›53Half time?4 lettersSee answer ›54When you're reading this3 lettersSee answer ›55Grp. with geologists and biologists3 lettersSee answer ›56Piece in the game Battleship3 lettersSee answer ›57Genre for Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie3 lettersSee answer ›