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NYT Crossword December 8 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, December 8 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Sir's counterpart5 lettersSee answer ›6Folded Mexican snack4 lettersSee answer ›10Young chap3 lettersSee answer ›13"___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley5 lettersSee answer ›14Sean of "The Lord of the Rings"5 lettersSee answer ›16Chicken ___ king3 lettersSee answer ›17Wyoming skiing mecca11 lettersSee answer ›19Female pig3 lettersSee answer ›20Gold, in Spanish3 lettersSee answer ›21Dessert with icing4 lettersSee answer ›22Motor City hoopster6 lettersSee answer ›24Run out of clothes?6 lettersSee answer ›26Like an envelope that's ready to be sent6 lettersSee answer ›28___ Major (constellation)4 lettersSee answer ›30"Enola Holmes" actress ___ Bobby Brown6 lettersSee answer ›32Bicycle shorts material5 lettersSee answer ›35Computer image4 lettersSee answer ›37ID checkers at an airport3 lettersSee answer ›39Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhood4 lettersSee answer ›40Finger or toe … or, when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down5 lettersSee answer ›41"Get outta here!"4 lettersSee answer ›42Artificial colorant3 lettersSee answer ›43Half of a train track4 lettersSee answer ›44"That's boring!"5 lettersSee answer ›45Starting point6 lettersSee answer ›48Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis)4 lettersSee answer ›50Hardest to find6 lettersSee answer ›52"Let me clarify ..."6 lettersSee answer ›56Gesture suggesting "I see what you did there"6 lettersSee answer ›58Top poker cards4 lettersSee answer ›60Monarch at Versailles3 lettersSee answer ›61Golfer's target ... or prize3 lettersSee answer ›62End successfully11 lettersSee answer ›65Comedian Wong3 lettersSee answer ›66Medieval stringed instruments5 lettersSee answer ›67"___, meenie, miney, mo"5 lettersSee answer ›68Crunchy sandwich, for short3 lettersSee answer ›69Camp shelter4 lettersSee answer ›70Religious ceremonies5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Magic charms5 lettersSee answer ›2Not together5 lettersSee answer ›3Interior design5 lettersSee answer ›4Genesis boat3 lettersSee answer ›5The eyes may have it7 lettersSee answer ›6Scuba gear4 lettersSee answer ›7Remnants of a volcanic spew5 lettersSee answer ›8Corp. exec overseeing engineers, say3 lettersSee answer ›9Stuff on an artist's palette8 lettersSee answer ›10Eleventh-hour9 lettersSee answer ›11Potatoes, in Indian cooking4 lettersSee answer ›12From ___ to dusk4 lettersSee answer ›15Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park"5 lettersSee answer ›18Acorn droppers4 lettersSee answer ›23Salt, in Paris3 lettersSee answer ›25Money across the Atlantic4 lettersSee answer ›27Messages on which you might be cc'd6 lettersSee answer ›29Iraqis and Iranians6 lettersSee answer ›31Biblical brother of Jacob4 lettersSee answer ›32Psychedelic tab3 lettersSee answer ›33Toy on a string that's not a kite4 lettersSee answer ›34Center of a stone fruit9 lettersSee answer ›36Film special effects, for short3 lettersSee answer ›38After-hours source of $$$3 lettersSee answer ›40Lost moisture8 lettersSee answer ›41Nonspecific amount4 lettersSee answer ›44Pet that stores food in cheek pouches7 lettersSee answer ›46Author Fleming3 lettersSee answer ›47What empty stomachs do5 lettersSee answer ›49In ___ of4 lettersSee answer ›51No longer available5 lettersSee answer ›53"There ___ enough hours in the day"5 lettersSee answer ›54"That's the truth!"5 lettersSee answer ›55Mosaic pieces5 lettersSee answer ›56Covering over a wound4 lettersSee answer ›57Pause in the action4 lettersSee answer ›59"It's gonna ___ you!"4 lettersSee answer ›63Hwy.3 lettersSee answer ›64Early Chinese dynasty3 lettersSee answer ›