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NYT Crossword December 24 2025 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated December 24 2025

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Every answer from the Wednesday, December 24 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Ella Dershowitz · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Whom you might say "hey" to every day4 lettersSee answer ›5Collect5 lettersSee answer ›10Indicator of an important email4 lettersSee answer ›14One of many in a Swiss Army knife4 lettersSee answer ›15"Name your ___"5 lettersSee answer ›16Predator in a pod4 lettersSee answer ›17Salad topping that's actually from America and is rarely consumed in its namesake land15 lettersSee answer ›20Wheelchair access paths5 lettersSee answer ›21Spanish "Listen up!"3 lettersSee answer ›22"Shucks, you're too kind"5 lettersSee answer ›23As a P.S.4 lettersSee answer ›25Sharp quality4 lettersSee answer ›27"Out of Africa" author actually named Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke11 lettersSee answer ›30Knee parts, for short4 lettersSee answer ›32Wee winter workers5 lettersSee answer ›33It keeps the rain away4 lettersSee answer ›36Shout at a Real Madrid game3 lettersSee answer ›37Kosher barbecue option7 lettersSee answer ›39Kenan's partner in comedy3 lettersSee answer ›40Where Noah's Ark landed6 lettersSee answer ›42Grant6 lettersSee answer ›44Observance celebrating a decision actually made on July 2 — the date when John Adams predicted it would be celebrated15 lettersSee answer ›48"Scream" queen Campbell4 lettersSee answer ›49Jockey's handful5 lettersSee answer ›50Humans : Homo :: bees : ___4 lettersSee answer ›51Frees (of)4 lettersSee answer ›53Includes online, in a way3 lettersSee answer ›54Blueprint4 lettersSee answer ›55Some high-level H.S. classes3 lettersSee answer ›56Aids for minors buying liquor ... or a hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across7 lettersSee answer ›59___ Faire3 lettersSee answer ›61Shrub that sounds regretful3 lettersSee answer ›62Telethon contributions7 lettersSee answer ›63Ironman race, familiarly3 lettersSee answer ›64Kind of oil in some edibles3 lettersSee answer ›65"How ___ It End?" (Taylor Swift song)3 lettersSee answer ›66Lunch lady's hair holder3 lettersSee answer ›67Fancy handbag inits.3 lettersSee answer ›

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1Recipe directive4 lettersSee answer ›2Speck4 lettersSee answer ›3Travel without an itinerary, say4 lettersSee answer ›4"Count me out"7 lettersSee answer ›5Org. for therapists3 lettersSee answer ›6Silly character on the "Sesame Street" segment "Elmo's World"8 lettersSee answer ›7"S.N.L." alum Bryant4 lettersSee answer ›8Free copy of a film sent to awards show voters8 lettersSee answer ›9Perceive3 lettersSee answer ›10"That's very kind of you"7 lettersSee answer ›11Class where you learn how to get a tan?4 lettersSee answer ›12Pimples4 lettersSee answer ›13Fury4 lettersSee answer ›18Cuba, por ejemplo4 lettersSee answer ›19Looks weighed down4 lettersSee answer ›24Pesky biter, informally7 lettersSee answer ›26Patterns7 lettersSee answer ›27Unwise10 lettersSee answer ›28Procedure with frozen eggs, for short3 lettersSee answer ›29No-clothes college gathering10 lettersSee answer ›30"Really, we're still doing this?!"5 lettersSee answer ›31Convenient spot for a pint9 lettersSee answer ›34Orthodontists' offerings9 lettersSee answer ›35Tricksy schemes5 lettersSee answer ›37Cooked rice, in Korean cuisine3 lettersSee answer ›38Ballpoint brand3 lettersSee answer ›41Clarinetist's need4 lettersSee answer ›43Wiener schnitzel meat4 lettersSee answer ›45Snogged6 lettersSee answer ›46Cut into small cubes5 lettersSee answer ›47Coast Guard rank6 lettersSee answer ›52Cops near Alcatraz, for short4 lettersSee answer ›54"Hey! Over here!"4 lettersSee answer ›55Rainbow's shape3 lettersSee answer ›57___ Stroker, Tony Award-winning actress in "Oklahoma!"3 lettersSee answer ›58Low mark3 lettersSee answer ›60Zilch3 lettersSee answer ›