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New York Times, Wednesday, December 3, 2025

December 04, 2025

By Victor Barocas β€’ 78 Clues

Across Clues

1. Young fellows β†’ LADS
5. Tied up, as hay β†’ BALED
10. Surrounded by β†’ AMID
14. Plant-based spread β†’ OLEO
15. Echo speaker β†’ ALEXA
16. Largest company headquartered in Oregon β†’ NIKE
17. 1967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across β†’ FORMILESICANSEE
20. Words after "happily ever after" β†’ THEEND
21. Bit of ink β†’ TAT
22. Lack of connectivity β†’ GAP
23. Long-haired bovine β†’ YAK
24. Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally β†’ PEDS
27. College football rival of Michigan, for short β†’ OSU
29. 1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across β†’ SURVIVEIWILL
34. Lead-in to pop or lit β†’ BRIT
36. Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category β†’ OBIE
37. Midmonth time β†’ IDES
38. Linseed oil source β†’ FLAX
39. Shampoo often in a green bottle β†’ PRELL
40. Remain unresolved β†’ PEND
41. Cause for a miner celebration? β†’ LODE
42. Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles β†’ HARE
43. Hospital count β†’ BEDS
44. 2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across β†’ AGIRLIKISSED
47. One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro β†’ OSO
48. Egyptian sun deity β†’ ATEN
49. Solid-rock connector β†’ ASA
52. Forehead marker at the start of Lent β†’ ASH
54. Long-running procedural franchise β†’ CSI
57. Removes forcibly β†’ EJECTS
59. 1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across β†’ THESHERIFFISHOT
63. Currency of Yemen β†’ RIAL
64. Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain" β†’ MAORI
65. Unimpressive rating β†’ POOR
66. TV's Griffith, Kaufman or Samberg β†’ ANDY
67. "Take this job and shove it!" β†’ IQUIT
68. Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke? β†’ YODA

Down Clues

1. Elevated β†’ LOFTY
2. Greeting among the lei community? β†’ ALOHA
3. Jeter in Cooperstown β†’ DEREK
4. Not too many β†’ SOME
5. Like Picard vis-Γ -vis Kirk β†’ BALDER
6. Drink that may come in a yard β†’ ALE
7. Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la LibertΓ©" β†’ LES
8. Kind of strategy β†’ EXIT
9. Obama-era immigration program, informally β†’ DACA
10. Novelist Patchett β†’ ANN
11. Following bad advice β†’ MISGUIDED
12. Store with iconic blue totes β†’ IKEA
13. Like certain thoughts and pockets β†’ DEEP
18. Advice β†’ INPUT
19. Yours, in French β†’ ATOI
25. "Slavonic Dances" composer β†’ DVORAK
26. Omsk's region β†’ SIBERIA
28. Stole β†’ SWIPED
29. Philly b-ball squad β†’ SIXERS
30. Superlatively contemptible β†’ VILEST
31. Slithering swimmer β†’ EEL
32. Google app with the slogan "Search what you see" β†’ LENS
33. Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind" β†’ LSD
34. Online commentary site β†’ BLOG
35. Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows" β†’ RADIOHEAD
38. Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr. β†’ FLA
39. Aphrodite's second letter β†’ PHI
43. Golden-tan dog of multiple films β†’ BENJI
45. Blue area on a Scottish map β†’ LOCH
46. Think that it's appropriate β†’ SEEFIT
49. Cold call? β†’ ACHOO
50. Got out of a chair β†’ STOOD
51. "Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas) β†’ ASTRA
52. Razor brand β†’ ATRA
53. Guarded area for many athletes β†’ SHIN
55. 18-wheeler β†’ SEMI
56. Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia β†’ IRAQ
58. Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category β†’ ESPY
60. Sneakily clever β†’ SLY
61. Letters of indebtedness β†’ IOU
62. Day before taking the SAT: Abbr. β†’ FRI