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New York Times, Monday, December 15, 2025

December 15, 2025

By Jeff Jerome and Andrea Carla Michaels β€’ 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. ___ Nicholas β†’ SAINT
6. Judge's seat, from the French β†’ BANC
10. N.Y.C. airport β†’ JFK
13. "Star Wars" droid, familiarly β†’ ARTOO
14. Side's length squared, for a square β†’ AREA
15. Thrilla in Manila boxer β†’ ALI
16. Recharge one's batteries β†’ RESTUP
18. Prepared to bathe β†’ DISROBED
20. Cool ___ cucumber β†’ ASA
21. "Balderdash!" β†’ LIES
23. Filled in (for), for short β†’ SUBBED
24. Schmoozed (with) β†’ HOBNOBBED
27. Good, long bath β†’ SOAK
28. Slight injury from tripping β†’ STUBBEDTOE
30. Bridge support β†’ TRUSS
32. Karl Marx's "___ Kapital" β†’ DAS
33. Do one better than β†’ TOP
36. President Hoover β†’ HERBERT
39. "You take credit cards?" response β†’ YESWEDO
42. Unconventional β†’ ODD
43. Alternative to the pill, in brief β†’ IUD
45. Dog-___ (like the pages in some books) β†’ EARED
46. Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for β†’ DUBBEDFILM
50. Location for a goatee or soul patch β†’ CHIN
52. Enchanted β†’ BEDAZZLED
55. Big-beaked tropical bird β†’ TOUCAN
57. One-named Brazilian soccer star β†’ PELE
58. "If you ask me ...," to texters β†’ IMO
59. Camp sleeping spots ...Β or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters β†’ BUNKBEDS
61. Sci-fi writer Isaac β†’ ASIMOV
63. Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.? β†’ APT
64. Tales of yore β†’ LORE
65. Join in marriage β†’ UNITE
66. Lo-___ graphics β†’ RES
67. One-named Grammy winner from Ireland β†’ ENYA
68. ___ Cottontail β†’ PETER

Down Clues

1. Wife of Abraham, in the Bible β†’ SARAH
2. "You ___ right!" β†’ ARESO
3. "Ridiculous!" β†’ ITSABSURD
4. "I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World" β†’ NOT
5. Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec β†’ TOULOUSE
6. One who's rotten from the start β†’ BADSEED
7. Singer Grande, to fans β†’ ARI
8. Loch ___ monster β†’ NESS
9. Opera great Enrico β†’ CARUSO
10. Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss β†’ JABBA
11. On ___ (looking great, in slang) β†’ FLEEK
12. Colonial-era pirate captain β†’ KIDD
17. Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor) β†’ PIBB
19. Orchestral woodwind β†’ OBOE
22. Be on the wane β†’ EBB
25. Crash-investigating org. β†’ NTSB
26. Turning point in W.W. II β†’ DDAY
29. When doubled, an African fly β†’ TSE
30. But, briefly β†’ THO
31. Like a ripe strawberry β†’ RED
33. Re-election restriction β†’ TERMLIMIT
34. Many a Wordsworth poem β†’ ODE
35. Pea holder β†’ POD
37. Part of a barbecue rack β†’ RIB
38. Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame β†’ TUBB
40. Suddenly stops working, as an engine β†’ SEIZESUP
41. Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate β†’ WALZ
44. Beyond the continental shelf, say β†’ DEEPSEA
46. Comic actor Van Dyke β†’ DICK
47. Lacking the capacity β†’ UNABLE
48. Prez before 10-Across β†’ DDE
49. "Deck the Halls" syllables β†’ FALA
50. Two-door auto β†’ COUPE
51. Outings for foxhounds β†’ HUNTS
53. Show feelings onstage β†’ EMOTE
54. Capital of Delaware β†’ DOVER
55. Lift on the slopes β†’ TBAR
56. Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip β†’ NEON
60. Funny in a subtle way β†’ DRY
62. Suffix with Benedict or elephant β†’ INE