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NYT Crossword December 31 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Wednesday, December 31 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Jeffrey Martinovic · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Big name in pickup trucks3 lettersSee answer ›4Criminal suspects, informally5 lettersSee answer ›9Giant container3 lettersSee answer ›12Map out4 lettersSee answer ›14Love of Italy?5 lettersSee answer ›15Performer who's lost for words?4 lettersSee answer ›16Smaller than small4 lettersSee answer ›17Completely change course, in business jargon5 lettersSee answer ›18Enthusiastic4 lettersSee answer ›19Gathering for this puzzle's attendees11 lettersSee answer ›22Stipulation for some keto dieters7 lettersSee answer ›24Ninja's quality7 lettersSee answer ›27Grant the power6 lettersSee answer ›28Paddle people6 lettersSee answer ›29Hint3 lettersSee answer ›30Marketplace of ancient Greece5 lettersSee answer ›34Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy3 lettersSee answer ›35Gathering for this puzzle's attendees13 lettersSee answer ›40Falco of "The Sopranos"4 lettersSee answer ›41Article in hip-hop titles3 lettersSee answer ›42Make some changes4 lettersSee answer ›43Gathering for this puzzle's attendees9 lettersSee answer ›46Suffering from memory loss, in a way7 lettersSee answer ›49It's a big hit7 lettersSee answer ›53Name on luxury fashion apparel4 lettersSee answer ›54Marginalia, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›56John of wrestling fame4 lettersSee answer ›57Bloom that's green5 lettersSee answer ›59Mess around a sty3 lettersSee answer ›60Lead, as a meeting5 lettersSee answer ›61With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees5 lettersSee answer ›62Grp. that carries badges3 lettersSee answer ›63See 61-Across5 lettersSee answer ›64"That makes sense now!"4 lettersSee answer ›65Hanker (for)3 lettersSee answer ›66Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Engine stat, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›2Sports star who said “It's not bragging if you can back it up”3 lettersSee answer ›3Engaged in some grooming9 lettersSee answer ›4Fairy tale character with a hard bed8 lettersSee answer ›5Arab leaders5 lettersSee answer ›6Wander aimlessly4 lettersSee answer ›7Needles, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›8Try to catch someone with guile8 lettersSee answer ›9Cry of loyalty in old France9 lettersSee answer ›10"___ crazy?"3 lettersSee answer ›11Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame3 lettersSee answer ›13Veil worn by Muslim women5 lettersSee answer ›15Colorful parrot5 lettersSee answer ›20Certain address, for short3 lettersSee answer ›21Lead-in to liberalism3 lettersSee answer ›22Ending for many a 20-Down3 lettersSee answer ›23How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering5 lettersSee answer ›25Site of a historic council5 lettersSee answer ›26Channel similar to QVC3 lettersSee answer ›31Lies down on the couch, say9 lettersSee answer ›32Nueve menos uno4 lettersSee answer ›33Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say9 lettersSee answer ›36One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship"8 lettersSee answer ›37Most August babies4 lettersSee answer ›38Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more"4 lettersSee answer ›39Small talk8 lettersSee answer ›44Mark, as an option on a questionnaire3 lettersSee answer ›45Apple device letters3 lettersSee answer ›46Not very much4 lettersSee answer ›47Prefix meaning "one-thousandth"5 lettersSee answer ›48Ideas that don't work out5 lettersSee answer ›50Supply with more weaponry5 lettersSee answer ›51Condo building's inventory5 lettersSee answer ›52Hardly4 lettersSee answer ›55Straw, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›58Squeak (out)3 lettersSee answer ›60Book reviewer, for short3 lettersSee answer ›