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New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 2025

December 12, 2025

By Kevin Curry • 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. Against → ANTI
5. Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband → HERA
9. Suisse peak → ALPE
13. Spoils → LOOT
14. Work of Bellini or Bizet → OPERA
16. Stead → LIEU
17. SEAL ... SWAT... B ... → DREAMTEAMS
19. Some ways off → AFAR
20. Plane divider → AISLE
21. English town known for its salt → EPSOM
23. Sustainable start? → ECO
24. Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across → ILL
26. Author Zora ___ Hurston → NEALE
28. Utopia ... 10 ... ideal ... → PICTUREPERFECT
34. Warms up for a race, say → JOGS
35. Columbus's smallest ship → NINA
36. "No harm, no foul" → ITSOK
37. Bus. page news → IPO
38. Landing area in a long jump → SANDPIT
40. Sign for cheap admission → SRO
41. Word with heavy or scrap → METAL
43. Slip (out), in a way → SEEP
44. Cry over spilt milk? → OOPS
45. Puff ... Komodo ... Smaug ... → IMAGINEDRAGONS
48. Take inspiration from → OWETO
49. Quote from Homer → DOH
50. Cable staple since 1972 → HBO
51. A replay might be seen in this → SLOMO
55. Echo starter → ALEXA
59. Prepares to throw → AIMS
61. Fish ... scuba ... Army ... → THINKTANKS
63. Reunion group → CLAN
64. Subject of an Oscars announcement → EMCEE
65. What a dog might do to its owner → LICK
66. Lottery-style gambling game → KENO
67. Dreamcast developer → SEGA
68. Puts two and two together, say → ADDS

Down Clues

1. Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers" → ALDA
2. Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant → NORI
3. Steps up to, as the line → TOES
4. Right-leaning type → ITALICS
5. Super-trendy → HOT
6. Electrified Olympic weapon → EPEE
7. Collect, as rewards → REAP
8. Huggers → ARMS
9. In the style of → ALA
10. Something learned the hard way, often → LIFELESSON
11. Organization promoting international goodwill → PEACECORPS
12. Coin with 12 stars on it → EURO
15. Acting collectively → ASONE
18. Un-solid-ify → MELT
22. Be worthy of → MERIT
25. Sol's sister → LUNA
27. Toward the back of the boat → AFT
28. Big wheels in the Vatican? → POPEMOBILE
29. Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954) → IGOTAWOMAN
30. Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this → RINSE
31. Quit → ENDED
32. Art class staple → PAPER
33. Abrupt endings, of a sort → TKOS
34. 2022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend → JIMI
38. Narrow openings → SLITS
39. Big Apple debut in 2010 → IPAD
42. This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president → AGE
44. "Lux-ur-ious!" → OOHLALA
46. Nick of "Cape Fear" → NOLTE
47. Pan in the butt? → GOAT
50. Cybersecurity concern → HACK
52. Electrical units → OHMS
53. Maze runners, sometimes → MICE
54. Universal donor's type, informally → ONEG
56. Children's author Blyton → ENID
57. Popular stick-figure webcomic → XKCD
58. Quizzes → ASKS
60. ___-cone → SNO
62. New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker → KEA