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NYT Crossword answers for December 30, 2025

NYT Crossword · December 30, 2025 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 clues from the Tuesday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with C
  • 5 starts with N
  • 8 starts with G
  • 12 starts with O
  • 14 starts with I
  • 15 starts with L
  • 17 starts with L
  • 19 starts with I
  • 20 starts with O
  • 21 starts with W
  • 23 starts with N
  • 24 starts with A
  • 26 starts with Y
  • 27 starts with B
  • 29 starts with S
  • 33 starts with D
  • 36 starts with B
  • 38 starts with O
  • 39 starts with R
  • 40 starts with O
  • 41 starts with N
  • 43 starts with B
  • 44 starts with S
  • 45 starts with Y
  • 47 starts with A
  • 49 starts with N
  • 50 starts with E
  • 53 starts with P
  • 57 starts with R
  • 59 starts with J
  • 60 starts with B
  • 62 starts with S
  • 63 starts with A
  • 64 starts with E
  • 65 starts with A
  • 66 starts with T
  • 67 starts with O
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Scoundrels CADS
  • 5 Across: Pointed end of a pen NIB
  • 8 Across: Parts not filled in GAPS
  • 12 Across: Cookies with their name embossed on them OREOS
  • 14 Across: Prefix with -metric ISO
  • 15 Across: Attracts LURES
  • 17 Across: Something to wave with pride? LGBTQFLAG
  • 19 Across: Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians ISOLA
  • 20 Across: "Absolument!" OUIOUI
  • 21 Across: Fizzled out completely WENTPFFT
  • 23 Across: "Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish) NET
  • 24 Across: In the style of ALA
  • 26 Across: Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast YETI
  • 27 Across: Play loudly, as from a speaker BLARE
  • 29 Across: Break away (from) SECEDE
  • 33 Across: [That looks delicious …] DROOL
  • 36 Across: Flashy cycling maneuvers BMXTRICKS
  • 38 Across: Shared by us OURS
  • 39 Across: What a new hire might learn, with "the" ROPES
  • 40 Across: "That's not good!" OHNO
  • 41 Across: "Sunday Night Football" producer NBCSPORTS
  • 43 Across: Floating markers BUOYS
  • 44 Across: Wet floor? SEABED
  • 45 Across: "That's not good!" YIKES
  • 47 Across: Opera excerpt ARIA
  • 49 Across: Casual turndown NAH
  • 50 Across: Psychic's alleged ability, for short ESP
  • 53 Across: They're pulled to garner media attention, informally PRSTUNTS
  • 57 Across: Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g. RAPDUO
  • 59 Across: Sudden shocks JOLTS
  • 60 Across: Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across! BUYAVOWEL
  • 62 Across: Upside-down frown SMILE
  • 63 Across: Exist ARE
  • 64 Across: Skip over, in speech ELIDE
  • 65 Across: Mimicked APED
  • 66 Across: Perfect score in Olympic diving TEN
  • 67 Across: Many bills in tip jars ONES
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with C
  • 2 starts with A
  • 3 starts with D
  • 4 starts with S
  • 5 starts with N
  • 6 starts with I
  • 7 starts with B
  • 8 starts with G
  • 9 starts with A
  • 10 starts with P
  • 11 starts with S
  • 13 starts with S
  • 16 starts with S
  • 18 starts with F
  • 22 starts with N
  • 25 starts with A
  • 27 starts with B
  • 28 starts with E
  • 30 starts with E
  • 31 starts with D
  • 32 starts with E
  • 33 starts with D
  • 34 starts with R
  • 35 starts with O
  • 37 starts with X
  • 39 starts with R
  • 42 starts with P
  • 43 starts with B
  • 46 starts with K
  • 48 starts with A
  • 50 starts with E
  • 51 starts with S
  • 52 starts with P
  • 53 starts with P
  • 54 starts with R
  • 55 starts with S
  • 56 starts with S
  • 58 starts with P
  • 61 starts with Y
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: The eyes of an emoticon, typically COLON
  • 2 Down: Make a case (for) ARGUE
  • 3 Down: Opposite of credit DEBIT
  • 4 Down: "And ___ bed" SOTO
  • 5 Down: Nothing NIL
  • 6 Down: Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street" ISAW
  • 7 Down: 4 on a par 3, e.g. BOGEY
  • 8 Down: Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff GLITTER
  • 9 Down: Like good omens AUSPICIOUS
  • 10 Down: College instructor, for short PROF
  • 11 Down: "To thine own ___ be true" SELF
  • 13 Down: Sudden, powerful gust of wind SQUALL
  • 16 Down: Used a stool, say SAT
  • 18 Down: Athleisure brand originally from Italy FILA
  • 22 Down: Homes on branches NESTS
  • 25 Down: ___ Day (April observance) ARBOR
  • 27 Down: Climactic fight in a video game BOSSBATTLE
  • 28 Down: 0% filled EMPTY
  • 30 Down: Fun word to shout into a canyon ECHO
  • 31 Down: Fashion inits. in Manhattan DKNY
  • 32 Down: Those, en español ESOS
  • 33 Down: Puts on, as a jacket DONS
  • 34 Down: Yokel RUBE
  • 35 Down: Apex predator of the ocean ORCA
  • 37 Down: Marks, as a ballot square XESIN
  • 39 Down: "The Thinker" sculptor RODIN
  • 42 Down: Pored over PERUSED
  • 43 Down: Not act up BEHAVE
  • 46 Down: ___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean) KARA
  • 48 Down: Making a plate appearance ATBAT
  • 50 Down: Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him EDWIN
  • 51 Down: Fuzzy-feeling leather SUEDE
  • 52 Down: Extremes of the earth POLES
  • 53 Down: Nightwear, informally PJS
  • 54 Down: Oblong tomato type ROMA
  • 55 Down: Lose traction SLIP
  • 56 Down: "OK, go ahead" SURE
  • 58 Down: Casual collared shirt POLO
  • 61 Down: Desire YEN
Show the solved grid
1C2A3D4S5N6I7B8G9A10P11S12OREO13S14ISO15LURE16S17LGBTQ18FLAG19ISOLA20OUIOUI21WE22NTPFFT23NET24AL25A26YETI27BLAR28E29SEC30E31D32E33D34R35OOL36BM37XTRICKS38OURS39ROPES40OHNO41NBCS42PORTS43BUOYS44SEABED45YI46KES47ARI48A49NAH50E51S52P53P54R55STUNT56S57RA58PDUO59JOLTS60BU61YAVOWEL62SMILE63ARE64ELIDE65APED66TEN67ONES

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