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New York Times, Tuesday, December 30, 2025

December 31, 2025

By Geoffrey Schorkopf and Will Eisenberg β€’ 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. Scoundrels β†’ CADS
5. Pointed end of a pen β†’ NIB
8. Parts not filled in β†’ GAPS
12. Cookies with their name embossed on them β†’ OREOS
14. Prefix with -metric β†’ ISO
15. Attracts β†’ LURES
17. Something to wave with pride? β†’ LGBTQFLAG
19. Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians β†’ ISOLA
20. "Absolument!" β†’ OUIOUI
21. Fizzled out completely β†’ WENTPFFT
23. "Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish) β†’ NET
24. In the style of β†’ ALA
26. Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast β†’ YETI
27. Play loudly, as from a speaker β†’ BLARE
29. Break away (from) β†’ SECEDE
33. [That looks delicious ...] β†’ DROOL
36. Flashy cycling maneuvers β†’ BMXTRICKS
38. Shared by us β†’ OURS
39. What a new hire might learn, with "the" β†’ ROPES
40. "That's not good!" β†’ OHNO
41. "Sunday Night Football" producer β†’ NBCSPORTS
43. Floating markers β†’ BUOYS
44. Wet floor? β†’ SEABED
45. "That's not good!" β†’ YIKES
47. Opera excerpt β†’ ARIA
49. Casual turndown β†’ NAH
50. Psychic's alleged ability, for short β†’ ESP
53. They're pulled to garner media attention, informally β†’ PRSTUNTS
57. Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g. β†’ RAPDUO
59. Sudden shocks β†’ JOLTS
60. Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across! β†’ BUYAVOWEL
62. Upside-down frown β†’ SMILE
63. Exist β†’ ARE
64. Skip over, in speech β†’ ELIDE
65. Mimicked β†’ APED
66. Perfect score in Olympic diving β†’ TEN
67. Many bills in tip jars β†’ ONES

Down Clues

1. The eyes of an emoticon, typically β†’ COLON
2. Make a case (for) β†’ ARGUE
3. Opposite of credit β†’ DEBIT
4. "And ___ bed" β†’ SOTO
5. Nothing β†’ NIL
6. Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street" β†’ ISAW
7. 4 on a par 3, e.g. β†’ BOGEY
8. Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff β†’ GLITTER
9. Like good omens β†’ AUSPICIOUS
10. College instructor, for short β†’ PROF
11. "To thine own ___ be true" β†’ SELF
13. Sudden, powerful gust of wind β†’ SQUALL
16. Used a stool, say β†’ SAT
18. Athleisure brand originally from Italy β†’ FILA
22. Homes on branches β†’ NESTS
25. ___ Day (April observance) β†’ ARBOR
27. Climactic fight in a video game β†’ BOSSBATTLE
28. 0% filled β†’ EMPTY
30. Fun word to shout into a canyon β†’ ECHO
31. Fashion inits. in Manhattan β†’ DKNY
32. Those, en espaΓ±ol β†’ ESOS
33. Puts on, as a jacket β†’ DONS
34. Yokel β†’ RUBE
35. Apex predator of the ocean β†’ ORCA
37. Marks, as a ballot square β†’ XESIN
39. "The Thinker" sculptor β†’ RODIN
42. Pored over β†’ PERUSED
43. Not act up β†’ BEHAVE
46. ___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean) β†’ KARA
48. Making a plate appearance β†’ ATBAT
50. Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him β†’ EDWIN
51. Fuzzy-feeling leather β†’ SUEDE
52. Extremes of the earth β†’ POLES
53. Nightwear, informally β†’ PJS
54. Oblong tomato type β†’ ROMA
55. Lose traction β†’ SLIP
56. "OK, go ahead" β†’ SURE
58. Casual collared shirt β†’ POLO
61. Desire β†’ YEN