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New York Times, Tuesday, December 9, 2025

December 10, 2025

By Kate Hawkins • 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. Goes on to say → ADDS

5. San Diego baseballer → PADRE

10. Livens (up) → PEPS

14. Termites, for an aardwolf → DIET

15. Cup-shaped flower → TULIP

16. Give off → EMIT

17. "Judging from the information available to me ..." → ASFARASICANTELL

20. Unadulterated → PURE

21. San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir. → SSE

22. Propellers of a shell → OARS

23. "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions ..." → JUSTSPITBALLING

27. Gobbled up → ATE

28. Abu Dhabi's country, for short → UAE

29. Notable time period → ERA

30. Gossip, in slang → TEA

31. Accurse → BEDAMN

33. 33-Down, across the Atlantic → ZEE

34. "Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln) → MARY

35. Verdant privacy features ... or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle → HEDGEROWS

38. Singer/actress Lady ___ → GAGA

41. Historical → OLD

42. Got a good reaction, as a joke → LANDED

46. Equal: Prefix → ISO

47. Swim-bike-run race, for short → TRI

48. Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day → AAH

49. Game with Skip and Reverse cards → UNO

50. "Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much ..." → FORWHATITSWORTH

54. "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim) → FIRE

55. Pre-digital TV screen tech → CRT

56. Not close by → AFAR

57. "Feel free to dismiss this idea — however ..." → ONLYATHOUGHTBUT

61. Survey → POLL

62. Temporary tattoo dye → HENNA

63. "Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go" → ELSA

64. Influence → SWAY

65. Burros → ASSES

66. Pair in a water polo pool → NETS

Down Clues

1. Computing pioneer Lovelace → ADA

2. Argue → DISPUTE

3. Neutralized, as an explosive situation → DEFUSED

4. Launch → START

5. Org. in charge of school fund-raisers → PTA

6. One who might ask "Fair dinkum?" → AUSSIE

7. Like some minor celebrities → DLIST

8. Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager → RICEBEER

9. Org. that oversees air quality initiatives → EPA

10. Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not" → PETAL

11. Professor ___ (title for some retirees) → EMERITA

12. Light lager → PILSNER

13. The Cards, on scoreboards → STL

18. Cover letter accompaniment → RESUME

19. Mardi Gras city, informally → NOLA

23. Poke → JAB

24. Music app named for a figure in Greek myth → PANDORA

25. Pigmented rings → AREOLAS

26. Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+ → GAY

32. "By Jove, that's it!" → AHA

33. 33-Across, across the Atlantic → ZED

34. Web portal launched with Windows 95 → MSN

36. Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix" → GLITCHES

37. Sound of a sad trombone → WAHWAH

38. Many an animated meme loop → GIF

39. To date → ASOFNOW

40. Silverback, for one → GORILLA

43. Built to last → DURABLE

44. Give for safekeeping → ENTRUST

45. "How stupid of me!" → DOH

47. "Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary) → THEA

48. Bring into harmony → ATTUNE

51. With a wink, say → WRYLY

52. Smooths (out) → IRONS

53. On a regular basis → OFTEN

57. Special ___ → OPS

58. "J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album) → THA

59. One of the four fundamental states of matter → GAS

60. Some Ph.D. students → TAS