NYT Crossword hints and answer for December 31, 2025
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Clues73
Across36
Down37
ConstructorJeffrey Martinovic
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Big name in pickup trucks (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRAM→
4A
Criminal suspects, informally (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPERPS→
9A
Giant container (3)
Starts with V, ends with TVAT→
12A
Map out (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPLAN→
14A
Love of Italy? (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMORE→
15A
Performer who's lost for words? (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMIME→
16A
Smaller than small (4)
Starts with M, ends with IMINI→
17A
Completely change course, in business jargon (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPIVOT→
18A
Enthusiastic (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAVID→
19A
Gathering for this puzzle's attendees (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESQUAREDANCE→
22A
Stipulation for some keto dieters (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNOCARBS→
24A
Ninja's quality (7)
Starts with S, ends with HSTEALTH→
27A
Grant the power (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENABLE→
28A
Paddle people (6)
Starts with R, ends with SROWERS→
30A
Marketplace of ancient Greece (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAGORA→
34A
Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
35A
Gathering for this puzzle's attendees (13)
Starts with C, ends with NCELLRECEPTION→
40A
Falco of "The Sopranos" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDIE→
41A
Article in hip-hop titles (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATHA→
42A
Make some changes (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
43A
Gathering for this puzzle's attendees (9)
Starts with B, ends with LBOXSOCIAL→
46A
Suffering from memory loss, in a way (7)
Starts with A, ends with CAMNESIC→
49A
It's a big hit (7)
Starts with H, ends with NHOMERUN→
53A
Name on luxury fashion apparel (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDIOR→
54A
Marginalia, e.g. (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOTES→
56A
John of wrestling fame (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACENA→
57A
Bloom that's green (5)
Starts with A, ends with EALGAE→
59A
Mess around a sty (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMUD→
60A
Lead, as a meeting (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCHAIR→
61A
With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees (5)
Starts with B, ends with KBLOCK→
62A
Grp. that carries badges (3)
Starts with F, ends with IFBI→
63A
See 61-Across (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPARTY→
64A
"That makes sense now!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
65A
Hanker (for) (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEN→
66A
Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short (4)
Starts with A, ends with SATMS→
Down
1D
Engine stat, in brief (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRPM→
2D
Sports star who said “It's not bragging if you can back it up” (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
3D
Engaged in some grooming (9)
Starts with M, ends with DMANSCAPED→
4D
Fairy tale character with a hard bed (8)
Starts with P, ends with RPAPABEAR→
5D
Arab leaders (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEMIRS→
6D
Wander aimlessly (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROVE→
7D
Needles, maybe (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRODS→
8D
Try to catch someone with guile (8)
Starts with S, ends with PSETATRAP→
9D
Cry of loyalty in old France (9)
Starts with V, ends with IVIVELEROI→
10D
"___ crazy?" (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAMI→
11D
Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTED→
13D
Veil worn by Muslim women (5)
Starts with N, ends with BNIQAB→
15D
Colorful parrot (5)
Starts with M, ends with WMACAW→
20D
Certain address, for short (3)
Starts with U, ends with LURL→
21D
Lead-in to liberalism (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
22D
Ending for many a 20-Down (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
23D
How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering (5)
Starts with O, ends with EONICE→
25D
Site of a historic council (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRENT→
26D
Channel similar to QVC (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHSN→
31D
Lies down on the couch, say (9)
Starts with G, ends with YGETSCOMFY→
32D
Nueve menos uno (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOCHO→
33D
Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say (9)
Starts with R, ends with NREACHEDIN→
36D
One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship" (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELIBERACE→
37D
Most August babies (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEOS→
38D
Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more" (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTEAM→
39D
Small talk (8)
Starts with I, ends with TIDLECHAT→
44D
Mark, as an option on a questionnaire (3)
Starts with X, ends with NXIN→
45D
Apple device letters (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIOS→
46D
Not very much (4)
Starts with A, ends with BADAB→
47D
Prefix meaning "one-thousandth" (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMILLI→
48D
Ideas that don't work out (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOGOS→
50D
Supply with more weaponry (5)
Starts with R, ends with MREARM→
51D
Condo building's inventory (5)
Starts with U, ends with SUNITS→
52D
Hardly (4)
Starts with N, ends with YNARY→
55D
Straw, e.g. (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETUBE→
58D
Squeak (out) (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEKE→
60D
Book reviewer, for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACPA→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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NYT Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for December 31, 2025?+
73 clues: 36 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jeffrey Martinovic and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Big name in pickup trucks (RAM); Criminal suspects, informally (PERPS); Giant container (VAT).
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