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New York Times, Monday, December 29, 2025

December 30, 2025

By Chase Dittrich β€’ 78 Clues

Across Clues

1. Life story, in brief β†’ BIO
4. The "S" of NASA β†’ SPACE
9. Where Shrek lives β†’ SWAMP
14. Kerfuffle β†’ ADO
15. Outer limits β†’ EDGES
16. They're contained within books β†’ PAGES
17. Is severely underpaid β†’ WORKSFORPEANUTS
20. Andean animal with a long neck β†’ LLAMA
21. Earth goddess β†’ GAIA
22. CondΓ© ___ (magazine publisher) β†’ NAST
23. "Tsk! Tsk!" β†’ SHAME
25. Humorist Bombeck β†’ ERMA
27. Motown or RCA β†’ RECORDLABEL
32. Particular place β†’ SPOT
35. Stephen of "V for Vendetta" β†’ REA
36. Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest β†’ NEPAL
38. Chicago trains β†’ ELS
39. Seating area for 12 peers β†’ JURYBOX
42. Piece of Grubhub info, for short β†’ ETA
43. Stringed instrument that rests on the ground β†’ CELLO
45. Tin Man's need β†’ OIL
46. Like the Mariana Trench β†’ DEEP
47. Works that are heard rather than read β†’ BOOKSONTAPE
51. Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women" β†’ BETH
52. Gives the ax β†’ FIRES
55. Soaks (up) β†’ SOPS
58. Puppy sounds β†’ ARFS
61. Fundamental belief β†’ TENET
63. Description for an ideal partner ... or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create? β†’ THETOTALPACKAGE
66. Put on TV β†’ AIRED
67. Molars and canines β†’ TEETH
68. Signal for an actor to go onstage β†’ CUE
69. Pumpkin, e.g. β†’ GOURD
70. "Alas ..." β†’ SADLY
71. TV's "___ Lasso" β†’ TED

Down Clues

1. Cry like a baby β†’ BAWL
2. Admired figures β†’ IDOLS
3. Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps β†’ OORAH
4. Kind of bagel β†’ SESAME
5. Many a PC file β†’ PDF
6. Really eager β†’ AGOG
7. Actor Michael of "Arrested Development" β†’ CERA
8. Caught sight of β†’ ESPIED
9. Place to be pampered β†’ SPA
10. 1996 #1 hit for the Spice Girls β†’ WANNABE
11. Water, in Colombia β†’ AGUA
12. Team that plays at Citi Field β†’ METS
13. "Over here!" β†’ PSST
18. Onetime retail chain giant β†’ KMART
19. ___ Grey tea β†’ EARL
24. Very light brown β†’ ECRU
26. Tail-less cat β†’ MANX
28. Above, in poetry β†’ OER
29. Synthetic fiber β†’ RAYON
30. Fencing sword β†’ EPEE
31. Not on time β†’ LATE
32. "Gimme a ___!" β†’ SEC
33. Commoner β†’ PLEB
34. Norway's capital β†’ OSLO
37. Two lengths of a pool β†’ LAP
39. What a punch line may end β†’ JOKE
40. Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine β†’ BIT
41. "Frozen" snowman β†’ OLAF
44. Seafood with claws β†’ LOBSTER
46. Jeter in the Baseball Hall of Fame β†’ DEREK
48. Rushing yards, e.g., informally β†’ STAT
49. "Well, dang it!" β†’ OHRATS
50. Slightly out of tune β†’ PITCHY
53. Put into law β†’ ENACT
54. Move smoothly to another topic β†’ SEGUE
55. Without a date β†’ STAG
56. River past Cincinnati β†’ OHIO
57. Lima's land β†’ PERU
59. Tiny canine pest β†’ FLEA
60. Drove over the legal limit β†’ SPED
62. Ticked (off) β†’ TEED
64. Peculiar β†’ ODD
65. The Falcons, on a scoreboard β†’ ATL