NYT Crossword hints and answer for December 10, 2025
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Clues81
Across37
Down44
ConstructorKareem Ayas
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
"___ been had!" (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWEVE→
5A
Shoo away, in a way (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSWATAT→
11A
Thunderbolt wielder (4)
Starts with Z, ends with SZEUS→
15A
First name in daring jumps (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVEL→
16A
City NE of Olympia (6)
Starts with T, ends with ATACOMA→
17A
Familiar with the tricks of (4)
Starts with O, ends with OONTO→
18A
Emulates a dog around the family dinner table (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBEGS→
19A
Like voice mail messages, for example (11)
Starts with P, ends with DPRERECORDED→
21A
Red "Inside Out" character (5)
Starts with A, ends with RANGER→
23A
OUT OF ORDER! PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE! (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPRINTER→
24A
J.F.K. Library architect (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPEI→
25A
Verbal hesitations (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUHS→
27A
"No ___!" (5)
Starts with D, ends with TDOUBT→
31A
Like some boarding school attire (6)
Starts with P, ends with YPREPPY→
33A
Green dispensaries? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SATMS→
37A
Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
38A
Bit of condensation (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBEAD→
39A
Type of flooded field (9)
Starts with R, ends with YRICEPADDY→
42A
Protected lands for plants and animals (14)
Starts with N, ends with SNATURERESERVES→
44A
OUT OF ORDER! USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! (9)
Starts with E, ends with RESCALATOR→
45A
One who is acting? (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDOER→
46A
Corp. money bigwig (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCFO→
47A
Some pearls of wisdom (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSAWS→
48A
Third-party holding (6)
Starts with E, ends with WESCROW→
51A
Used to have (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOWNED→
54A
___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
55A
Time piece? (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
56A
Hole in the wall (7)
Starts with R, ends with PRATTRAP→
61A
Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim" (5)
Starts with T, ends with CTUPAC→
63A
Love poem opener (11)
Starts with R, ends with DROSESARERED→
67A
Article of pool equipment (4)
Starts with R, ends with KRACK→
68A
Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" (4)
Starts with E, ends with CERIC→
69A
OUT OF ORDER! USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD! (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTOILET→
70A
Corn container (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSILO→
71A
Release steam (4)
Starts with V, ends with TVENT→
72A
Diocese assemblies (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSYNODS→
73A
Final boss in the game God of War (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
Down
1D
Software accessed via an online browser (6)
Starts with W, ends with PWEBAPP→
2D
Game-tying goal (6)
Starts with E, ends with REVENER→
3D
Healthier version of a breakfast side dish (11)
Starts with V, ends with NVEGGIEBACON→
4D
"Or ___ what?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
5D
Longtime NASCAR sponsor (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSTP→
6D
Alters the shape of (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWARPS→
7D
Dell competitor (4)
Starts with A, ends with RACER→
8D
Singer Amos (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITORI→
9D
"You can say that again!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAMEN→
10D
Sensitivity (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTACT→
11D
Secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega (5)
Starts with Z, ends with OZORRO→
12D
Ax, so to speak (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
13D
Beehive State athlete (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUTE→
14D
Grassy section (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSOD→
20D
Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOED→
22D
Performer of the 1992 dance song "Supermodel (You Better Work)" (6)
Starts with R, ends with LRUPAUL→
26D
Greek figures with multiple heads (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHYDRAS→
28D
Status of 23-, 44- and 69-Across, as indicated by their clues and placement in the grid (11)
Starts with U, ends with RUNDERREPAIR→
29D
Trampoline mats (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBEDS→
30D
Elf product (3)
Starts with T, ends with YTOY→
32D
Org. opposed to "speciesism" (4)
Starts with P, ends with APETA→
33D
Common street sign symbol (5)
Starts with A, ends with WARROW→
34D
Several things in a pagoda (5)
Starts with T, ends with STIERS→
35D
Party starters, in brief (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMCS→
36D
Sowing machine (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSEEDER→
40D
"To your health!," in Germany (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPROSIT→
41D
___ gaz (carbonated: Fr.) (4)
Starts with A, ends with CAVEC→
42D
[Don't open this at the office!] (4)
Starts with N, ends with WNSFW→
43D
One of four rhyming letters (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
44D
Modern prefix with village (3)
Starts with E, ends with OECO→
49D
"The Matrix" character, with "the" (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORACLE→
52D
Standing (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERECT→
53D
Aachen article (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDAS→
54D
"There is more to life than increasing its ___": Gandhi (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSPEED→
57D
Some needle work, in brief (4)
Starts with T, ends with STATS→
58D
"Community" character played by Donald Glover (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTROY→
59D
Apt letters missing from _ _stra_ _ (4)
Starts with R, ends with NREIN→
60D
Songwriter Guthrie (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARLO→
62D
___ Minor (4)
Starts with U, ends with AURSA→
63D
Fire up (3)
Starts with R, ends with VREV→
64D
Prize that a prospector pries (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
65D
Sloth, e.g. (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSIN→
66D
Some N.F.L. linemen (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDTS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for December 10, 2025?+
81 clues: 37 Across and 44 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kareem Ayas and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "___ been had!" (WEVE); Shoo away, in a way (SWATAT); Thunderbolt wielder (ZEUS).
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