NYT Crossword hints and answer for December 14, 2025
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Clues138
Across68
Down70
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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
Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSTORM→
6A
Something fun to take out for a spin (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTOP→
9A
Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
12A
Parts of a hand (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCARDS→
17A
Irritate (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECHAFE→
18A
Recaps (7)
Starts with W, ends with SWRAPUPS→
20A
Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREVERE→
21A
False alarm announcement? (13)
Starts with O, ends with DOOHIMSOSCARED→
23A
Jedi-in-training (7)
Starts with P, ends with NPADAWAN→
24A
Sensible (7)
Starts with P, ends with TPRUDENT→
25A
TV host Brzezinski (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMIKA→
26A
#1 choice, in slang (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFAVE→
27A
"No ___, ands or buts!" (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
28A
Pollution-fighting org. (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
29A
"Game of Thrones" actor Gillen (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAIDAN→
31A
River that borders the Black Forest (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERHINE→
33A
"Render ___ Caesar …" (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUNTO→
34A
Major coin producer (10)
Starts with D, ends with TDENVERMINT→
37A
Viking I or II (10)
Starts with M, ends with RMARSLANDER→
39A
Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space (5)
Starts with E, ends with NELLEN→
40A
Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance" (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPETEY→
41A
They turn red litmus paper blue (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBASES→
42A
First chimpanzee to orbit Earth (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
43A
Football blocker? (7)
Starts with G, ends with TGOALNET→
46A
Hair-raising stuff (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGEL→
47A
Remodel and resell some real estate (10)
Starts with F, ends with EFLIPAHOUSE→
49A
Marching band tempo setters (9)
Starts with D, ends with SDRUMLINES→
54A
Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
55A
Season to enjoy une glace (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
56A
Ruler before 1917 (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTSAR→
58A
"Black-ish" airer (3)
Starts with A, ends with CABC→
59A
It's a numbers game (4)
Starts with K, ends with OKENO→
60A
Clothing for SWAT teams (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVESTS→
62A
"The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALISA→
64A
Puff piece? (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVAPE→
66A
Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys (5)
Starts with F, ends with RFEWER→
67A
Plant watcher, for short (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOSHA→
68A
Camera type, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSLR→
69A
Site of some Santa sightings (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMALL→
71A
Longtime record label of Elvis Presley (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARCA→
73A
911 responder (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
74A
"Hilarious!" (9)
Starts with W, ends with TWHATAHOOT→
77A
"I mean, kind of ..." (10)
Starts with N, ends with YNOTEXACTLY→
80A
"Don't give up!" (3)
Starts with T, ends with YTRY→
81A
¬ or ~, in logic (7)
Starts with N, ends with RNEGATOR→
83A
Beat poet ___ Cassady (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNEAL→
84A
Like some milk, idiomatically (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSPILT→
87A
___ on the past (5)
Starts with D, ends with LDWELL→
88A
Indication of bad service (5)
Starts with N, ends with PNOTIP→
90A
"Much obliged" (10)
Starts with I, ends with EIOWEYOUONE→
92A
97A
Bundled up (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCLAD→
98A
Articles are written in this (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPROSE→
99A
Brand name for naproxen (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALEVE→
100A
___ Miss (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
101A
Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKEN→
102A
Drink known also as "honey wine" (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMEAD→
103A
Frosty (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCOLD→
105A
Subject of Newton's first law (7)
Starts with I, ends with AINERTIA→
108A
Enjoying a soak (7)
Starts with B, ends with GBATHING→
110A
1980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain? (13)
Starts with A, ends with SALTEREDSTATES→
112A
Fundamental rules of math (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAXIOMS→
113A
Loopy writing (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECURSIVE→
114A
Star pitcher? (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAGENT→
115A
"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker (5)
Starts with Y, ends with EYENTE→
116A
Letters for an unscheduled event (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATBA→
117A
Prefix with natal (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
118A
Like a bubble bath (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSUDSY→
Down
1D
Surveyed, with "out" (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSCOPED→
2D
Early track star Jim (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETHORPE→
3D
Resident of Honolulu, e.g. (6)
Starts with O, ends with NOAHUAN→
4D
Touchless payment tech (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRFID→
5D
Internet ___ (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMEME→
6D
Cheat on, in a way (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETWOTIME→
7D
Surgery sites, in brief (3)
Starts with O, ends with SORS→
8D
Video game character with an endless appetite (6)
Starts with P, ends with NPACMAN→
9D
Be in a chat room but not chat (4)
Starts with L, ends with KLURK→
10D
Soldiers with long arms (8)
Starts with S, ends with NSPEARMEN→
11D
Alternative to the euro, in brief (3)
Starts with U, ends with DUSD→
12D
Relinquish (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECEDE→
13D
Director DuVernay (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAVA→
14D
Turns back the clock, maybe? (7)
Starts with R, ends with SREWINDS→
15D
Opposite of volunteer (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDRAFTEE→
16D
Parts of many robots in robot-sumo (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSENSORS→
19D
Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPAINT→
20D
"Gaspard de la Nuit" composer (5)
Starts with R, ends with LRAVEL→
22D
Addresses angrily (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSNARLSAT→
23D
Variety of violet (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPANSY→
26D
Urban safety hazard (8)
Starts with F, ends with PFIRETRAP→
30D
Australia's largest carnivorous mammal (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODINGO→
32D
Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994) (5)
Starts with H, ends with DHATED→
33D
Dissimilar (7)
Starts with U, ends with EUNALIKE→
35D
Part of a legendary boast (4)
Starts with V, ends with IVENI→
36D
Skips all the ceremony? (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELOPES→
38D
The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
40D
What might be made while clasping one's hands (4)
Starts with P, ends with APLEA→
42D
44D
Ballpark figure (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOUTS→
45D
Kind of tea (5)
Starts with A, ends with MASSAM→
46D
Sierra automaker (3)
Starts with G, ends with CGMC→
47D
Shylock's security (5)
Starts with F, ends with HFLESH→
48D
Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" (5)
Starts with H, ends with OHELLO→
50D
Non-premium option in a rideshare app (5)
Starts with U, ends with XUBERX→
51D
Gaming mogul Gabe (6)
Starts with N, ends with LNEWELL→
52D
Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond (5)
Starts with E, ends with YENEMY→
53D
Put into piles, perhaps (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSORT→
57D
Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRVLOT→
61D
Did some school reporting? (7)
Starts with T, ends with DTATTLED→
63D
Exceptionally hard timber (8)
Starts with I, ends with DIRONWOOD→
65D
Amy Winehouse, e.g. (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
66D
Thumbprint alternative on iPhones (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFACEID→
68D
Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSHY→
70D
Particularly particular (4)
Starts with A, ends with LANAL→
72D
Cafeterias (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCANTEENS→
75D
Like many indie films (4)
Starts with A, ends with YARTY→
76D
Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad" (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEENS→
78D
He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie" (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERNIE→
79D
Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATAPA→
82D
Where high schoolers work on their numbers? (8)
Starts with G, ends with BGLEECLUB→
84D
Starship's medical facility (7)
Starts with S, ends with YSICKBAY→
85D
Ren faire prop akin to a halberd (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPOLEAXE→
86D
"Sign me up!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with NIWANTIN→
87D
Hair-care item associated with Black culture (5)
Starts with D, ends with GDURAG→
89D
Like YouTube offerings (7)
Starts with O, ends with OONVIDEO→
91D
Commences (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOPENS→
92D
Rough drafts? (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGALES→
93D
Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here" (6)
Starts with A, ends with NALDRIN→
94D
Like lowercase i's and j's (6)
Starts with D, ends with DDOTTED→
95D
Sci-fi sequel of 1986 (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALIENS→
96D
Like soft rolls (6)
Starts with Y, ends with YYEASTY→
102D
Wordless entertainment (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMIME→
104D
Other, to Octavio (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOTRA→
106D
Brief announcements from a pilot (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETAS→
107D
___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce) (4)
Starts with R, ends with URAGU→
109D
Like hell! (3)
Starts with H, ends with THOT→
110D
Play a part, or part of a play (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
111D
Part of N.Y.E. (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for December 14, 2025?+
138 clues: 68 Across and 70 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Zachary Edward-Brown and John Kugelman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns (STORM); Something fun to take out for a spin (TOP); Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short (LSU).
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