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NYT Crossword December 26 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, December 26 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Andrew Spooner · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Dawdler8 lettersSee answer ›9Cuts short6 lettersSee answer ›15Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon8 lettersSee answer ›16Kitsch6 lettersSee answer ›17Doing some theater work8 lettersSee answer ›18Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh6 lettersSee answer ›19One whose beauty is on the inside5 lettersSee answer ›20Whole kit and caboodle5 lettersSee answer ›22___-Latin (like some modern coinages)3 lettersSee answer ›23Plant that's toxic to cats4 lettersSee answer ›24Some babysitters5 lettersSee answer ›25A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated)4 lettersSee answer ›26Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub3 lettersSee answer ›27Tuesday, in French5 lettersSee answer ›28Song commonly performed outdoors5 lettersSee answer ›29Food that can be prepared de canasta5 lettersSee answer ›30___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season)6 lettersSee answer ›31One toeing the line?15 lettersSee answer ›35Individually6 lettersSee answer ›36Editorialize5 lettersSee answer ›37Overly self-assertive5 lettersSee answer ›38Like a good sponge cake5 lettersSee answer ›39Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct"3 lettersSee answer ›42Singular, with or without its first letter4 lettersSee answer ›43Origin story family in DC Comics5 lettersSee answer ›44Facility4 lettersSee answer ›45Certain care provider, for short3 lettersSee answer ›46Re-fresh?5 lettersSee answer ›47It might be marked with an X5 lettersSee answer ›48Linked (with)6 lettersSee answer ›50Drive8 lettersSee answer ›52Harden and become resistant to change6 lettersSee answer ›53Life partner, perhaps?8 lettersSee answer ›54Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco6 lettersSee answer ›55Treated with respect8 lettersSee answer ›

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1How a supervillain might brag6 lettersSee answer ›2Flip6 lettersSee answer ›3Waiting for support, maybe6 lettersSee answer ›4Like untended plots5 lettersSee answer ›5Funeral ___4 lettersSee answer ›6Broad band?3 lettersSee answer ›7Royal Australian Air Force insignia8 lettersSee answer ›8Competition that combines speed with balance15 lettersSee answer ›9Professor Dumbledore5 lettersSee answer ›10Contest4 lettersSee answer ›11Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___3 lettersSee answer ›12The world's end, in Norse mythology8 lettersSee answer ›13Mr. or Ms. Right8 lettersSee answer ›14Baby sitter?8 lettersSee answer ›21Half of a classic rum cocktail's name3 lettersSee answer ›24Component of a nautilus shell5 lettersSee answer ›25Eric who wrote and illustrated "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me"5 lettersSee answer ›27Stick by a fireplace5 lettersSee answer ›28Mantra5 lettersSee answer ›29Nearby things5 lettersSee answer ›30Like the pope's guards5 lettersSee answer ›31Area on which to eat or play cards8 lettersSee answer ›32"You can absolutely count on me"8 lettersSee answer ›33Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g.8 lettersSee answer ›34Great illustrations8 lettersSee answer ›38Connected3 lettersSee answer ›39Sister of Moses6 lettersSee answer ›40Worth considering6 lettersSee answer ›41Made up6 lettersSee answer ›43Nation dubbed the "cradle of mankind"5 lettersSee answer ›44"Understood?"5 lettersSee answer ›46Big break4 lettersSee answer ›47Stack (up)4 lettersSee answer ›49Casting need3 lettersSee answer ›51Short diner order3 lettersSee answer ›