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NYT Crossword December 2 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Tuesday, December 2 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Posts on a battleship, say5 lettersSee answer ›6Comic Idle of Monty Python4 lettersSee answer ›10Sport with striking and grappling, for short3 lettersSee answer ›13"Grrr!"5 lettersSee answer ›14Pro ___ (fairly divided)4 lettersSee answer ›15Ray of light4 lettersSee answer ›16Cozy corners5 lettersSee answer ›17Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.)4 lettersSee answer ›18Breakfast brand originally known as Froffles4 lettersSee answer ›19One of 14 in New York's Liberty Island4 lettersSee answer ›20"Please help!"3 lettersSee answer ›21Decadent dessert6 lettersSee answer ›23Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actor8 lettersSee answer ›25British "facilities"3 lettersSee answer ›26Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name3 lettersSee answer ›27The Hawks and the Pelicans, for two8 lettersSee answer ›32Longtime home of Stephen Colbert5 lettersSee answer ›35A million years, so to speak4 lettersSee answer ›36Go on for-ev-er4 lettersSee answer ›37Many a TikToker's music rendition7 lettersSee answer ›39Deep down7 lettersSee answer ›41"That being said …," to a texter4 lettersSee answer ›42Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming4 lettersSee answer ›44"We have the meats" sloganeer5 lettersSee answer ›45Herbal remedy in a cleanse8 lettersSee answer ›47Blue Moon, for one3 lettersSee answer ›48"If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet3 lettersSee answer ›49Family-friendly film fare8 lettersSee answer ›54The "O" of A.O.C.6 lettersSee answer ›57Little devil3 lettersSee answer ›58Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch4 lettersSee answer ›59Fizzy drink4 lettersSee answer ›60Weak, submissive person, in modern slang4 lettersSee answer ›62Wing it onstage5 lettersSee answer ›63Blast4 lettersSee answer ›64"Superfruit" whose name has two diacritics4 lettersSee answer ›65Carhop's article of footwear5 lettersSee answer ›66Go (for)3 lettersSee answer ›67Sweet person4 lettersSee answer ›68Not nearly as cool5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Nicki ___, "Starships" rapper5 lettersSee answer ›2Gas brand owned by BP5 lettersSee answer ›3Dessert item usually eaten moments after it's made5 lettersSee answer ›4Criticize unfairly14 lettersSee answer ›51960s antiwar grp.3 lettersSee answer ›6Hospital staffer, for short5 lettersSee answer ›7With 43-Down, seeking funding from investors … or what you're doing in 4-, 9-, 15- and 38-Down?7 lettersSee answer ›8Suffix with Manhattan or Brooklyn3 lettersSee answer ›9Brought up the rear8 lettersSee answer ›10Prefix that's bigger than kilo-4 lettersSee answer ›11Bible figures invoked by O. Henry4 lettersSee answer ›12Love of Spanish?4 lettersSee answer ›15Grey Goose competitor14 lettersSee answer ›20Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir.3 lettersSee answer ›22Hairball hacker3 lettersSee answer ›24Subject of the Tenth Commandment4 lettersSee answer ›28Bit in a friendship bracelet4 lettersSee answer ›29Many a Mideast native4 lettersSee answer ›301970s sitcom title character who "can turn the world on with her smile"4 lettersSee answer ›31Superiors to cpls.4 lettersSee answer ›32Oaf4 lettersSee answer ›33What spicy food has4 lettersSee answer ›34Lay eyes on4 lettersSee answer ›35Clearasil target4 lettersSee answer ›38"Huh, better than I expected"8 lettersSee answer ›40Ring of light4 lettersSee answer ›43See 7-Down7 lettersSee answer ›46Top of the hour?3 lettersSee answer ›47Electric guitarist's accessory3 lettersSee answer ›50Communication system for almost two billion people5 lettersSee answer ›51Belief system for almost two billion people5 lettersSee answer ›52Top-tier5 lettersSee answer ›53Not drunk5 lettersSee answer ›54Dos cubed4 lettersSee answer ›55Business that's owned and managed by its members4 lettersSee answer ›56Frequently4 lettersSee answer ›61Prefix with conscious3 lettersSee answer ›62Communication syst. in which the letter Z is drawn with one's index finger3 lettersSee answer ›